Reviews of National Policies for Education: Tertiary Education in Portugal 2007 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
Portugal’s tertiary education sector has expanded significantly over the last 20 years, but participation and overall educational attainment levels remain below European standards and enrolment rates have begun to decline. The OECD review recommends that Portugal’s national government should focus on strategic direction and leave higher education institutions wider latitude for accomplishing public priorities consistent with their mission. Among its proposals for reform, the review calls for the creation of a National Council on Higher Education to oversee Portugal’s higher education strategy. The review also calls for major changes in the governance and management of higher education institutions to bring them into line with national goals, encourage their responsiveness and efficiency, and improve their quality.  Improving research and innovation is a key strategic objective of the Portuguese government, and the OECD review suggests a number of qualitative changes in Portugal’s tertiary education system to enhance performance in this area.
Also available in French under the title: Examens des politiques nationales d'éducation : l'enseignement supérieur au Portugal.
Includes bibliographical references.
Research, Innovation and Internationalisation -- Educational Programmes: Access, Quality and Relevance -- Conclusions -- Financing Tertiary Education -- Executive Summary -- Annexes -- Institutional Governance -- System Diversity and System Co-ordination -- Introduction and Context.
Portugal’s tertiary education sector has expanded significantly over the last 20 years, but participation and overall educational attainment levels remain below European standards and enrolment rates have begun to decline. The OECD review recommends that Portugal’s national government should focus on strategic direction and leave higher education institutions wider latitude for accomplishing public priorities consistent with their mission. Among its proposals for reform, the review calls for the creation of a National Council on Higher Education to oversee Portugal’s higher education strategy. The review also calls for major changes in the governance and management of higher education institutions to bring them into line with national goals, encourage their responsiveness and efficiency, and improve their quality.  Improving research and innovation is a key strategic objective of the Portuguese government, and the OECD review suggests a number of qualitative changes in Portugal’s tertiary education system to enhance performance in this area.
Education, Higher
Higher education and state
Reviews of National Policies for Education