The purpose of this article is to analyze a number of Greek higher education reforms in comparative perspective. Emphasis will be placed on the rationale of the state's policies in creating the nonuniversity sector within higher education. The case of Greece will be compared to the cases of France and Germany because approximately the same reforms…

Several categories of the Greek population were and have remained "educationally deprived" because the educational system continues to push them to one side. The author discusses how reform legislation will raise Greece's educational standards, but continues to avoid the educational growth of these segments of Greek society. (Author/RK)

The main focus of the 1964 Greek educational reform policies was to make higher education more accessible to students of wider socioeconomic groups coming from all regions of the country. This study attempts to define the degree to which this reform objective has been achieved. (Author/RK)

The new Greek law (309/1976) extends compulsory schooling from six to nine years, with full effect from school year 1980-81. The author traces the probable major economic implications of this legislation. (Author/RK)