The Reform of the Portuguese Higher Education System

Authors

  • José Ferreira Gomes Universidade do Porto

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v35i3.16711

    Keywords:

    Educação superior, reforma, Portugal

    Abstract

    The European university faces a period of major reforms with a twofold

    purpose of improving not only the effi ciency in the face of scarce public fi nancialresources, but also the effi cacy of the response to the knowledge society needs.

    Despite the effort of articulation represented by the Bologna process, the rhythm

    of reforms is directed related to national policy agenda of each country and these

    agendas do not always seem to converge. There are many reforms in course in

    Portugal that promise to change the face of its higher education. The massive access

    to higher education took place with a considerable delay in relation to most

    European countries requiring institutions to change very fast in recent years. The

    accelerated growth in demand led to the creation of a private sector that absorbed

    half of the students. However, this sector was reduced later on without achieving

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    How to Cite

    Gomes, J. F. (2009). The Reform of the Portuguese Higher Education System. Revista De Economia, 35(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v35i3.16711

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    Vol. 35 No. 3 (2009)

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