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Direct linkAmaral, Alberto; Tavares, Orlanda; Santos, Cristina – Higher Education Policy, 2013
The 1988 University Autonomy Act conferred Portuguese universities with a
considerable degree of autonomy and designed a governance system based on collegiality. Strong participation of academic and non-academic staffs and students in decisions became the rule and democratic elections of all individual or collective governance bodies were the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
Dias, Diana; Marinho-Araujo, Claisy; Almeida, Leandro; Amaral, Alberto – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2011
Given that higher education systems everywhere have opened to the masses, this paper analyses to what extent this phenomenon has really been accompanied by an effective democratisation of access and success in Portugal and Brazil. It looks at the expansion of higher education and discusses how the political system and higher education institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Academic Failure, Access to Education
Magalhaes, Antonio; Amaral, Alberto; Tavares, Orlanda – Tertiary Education and Management, 2009
In 1974, when a successful revolution had overthrown a dictatorial regime, Portugal had an elite higher education system with low participation rates. In the decades following the revolution, the state developed policies aimed at increasing student participation to European levels. However, higher education policies have been through frequent…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Equal Education
Taylor, James S.; Amaral, Alberto; Machado, Maria de Lourdes – Planning for Higher Education, 2007
European higher education does not have a uniform record of sustained planning. The Bologna Declaration, originally signed by 29 countries (and now 45), calls for major reforms to higher education throughout the continent. The European higher education community is diverse and heterogeneous. This article clarifies these myriad cultures in the…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
Amaral, Alberto; Rosa, Maria Joao; Tavares, Diana Amado – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2009
There have been calls to increase the autonomy of higher education institutions in Europe for a number of years. They have been counterbalanced by demands for increasing accountability and a European quality assurance system. In London in 2007, the European ministers of education decided to implement a European register of accredited quality…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Regulation, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
Amaral, Alberto; Magalhaes, Antonio – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2007
The emergence of the market as a regulatory tool for the public sector and the promotion of competition among institutions are based upon the idea that they promote institutions' responsiveness to society and a more efficient use of public funds. However, autonomous institutions forced to compete under market-like conditions may follow strategies…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Governance, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
