This article aims to shed light on the current debate regarding the role of internships in
higher education in graduates' employability. In specific, it analyses empirical data on a …

The book studies transformations of European universities in the context of globalization and
Europeanization, the questioning of the foundations of the «Golden Age» of the Keynesian …

Since the 1990s higher education has been positioned as one of the most important
powerhouses for development in low-income countries. This signals a policy reversal on the …

The globalisation of higher education brings together learners and teachers from differing
systems, creating a heterogeneous and diverse environment. Yet many higher education …

The expansion of higher education systems has often been associated with the need for
increasing diversification, namely at the program level, based on the pressures to adapt …

The article explores whether, and to what extent, several trends that have taken place in
most higher education systems in the last few decades–such as massification, privatization …

This article examines patterns in the global higher education landscape associated with
sector (ie, public or private) and founding era. Using data on the formal and academic …

Increasing diversity is often advocated as an effective strategy through which higher
education systems can cope with the new functions that they are required to perform, and …

The paper analyses the impact of programme accreditation in Portugal further to the
operations of the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education, which were …

By comparing two distinct settings–Portugal and Finland–and based on previous studies
revealing similar trends in both countries, this article analyses the relationship between …