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

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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