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…

This book defines the changes that will be needed in Great Britain's higher educational system to make the shift to greater rates of participation in the future, and speculates about the conditions under which they could occur, or are already doing so. Part I has as its focus the processes of selection for, or exclusion from, higher education.…