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Direct linkDias, 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
Higher Education (Related) Choices in Portugal: Joint Decisions on Institution Type and Leaving Home
Sa, Carla; Tavares, Diana Amado; Justino, Elsa; Amaral, Alberto – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
The aim of this article is twofold: to further investigate the type of higher education institution choice using individual-level data on first-year students, and to establish the link between institution choice and the decision whether to leave home. The analysis was performed for Portuguese higher education by means of a bivariate probit model.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, College Choice
Tavares, Diana; Tavares, Orlanda; Justino, Elsa; Amaral, Alberto – European Journal of Education, 2008
In Portugal, there is a diversified higher education system comprising some 160 institutions: universities, polytechnics and isolated schools, public or private, with a total enrollment of some 350,000 students. This article presents the analysis of the results of questionnaires which were completed in 2004 by students entering higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Cultural Background, Needs Assessment
