Editing Associate degree (section)

===Netherlands===
In the Netherlands, there were four pilots between 2005 and 2011 to assess the added value of the associate degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/hoger-onderwijs/studeren-in-het-hoger-onderwijs/associate-degree|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305005644/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/hoger-onderwijs/studeren-in-het-hoger-onderwijs/associate-degree|archive-date=March 5, 2012 |url-status=dead|title=Associate degree|website=Rijksoverheid|language=nl|access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> In 2007 the associate degree was added to the Dutch system of higher education within the Higher Professional Education (''HBO'') stream taught at universities of applied sciences (''hogeschool''). Associate degree courses form part of  HBO bachelor's degree courses, and advising requirements are the same for the two-year associate degree and the related four-year bachelor's degree. Those gaining the associate degree may proceed to an HBO bachelor's degree in only two years, but it does not articulate to bachelor's degrees in the research-oriented (''WO'') stream.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epnuffic.nl/en/publications/find-a-publication/education-system-the-netherlands.pdf|title=The Dutch Education System described|publisher=EP-Nuffic|date=January 2015|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref>