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Nada, Cosmin I.; Santos, Sofia A.; Macedo, Eunice; Araújo, Helena C. – Educational Review, 2020
In the last 20 years, Early School Leaving (ESL) in Portugal has registered a significant decrease. In order to understand the reasons for this trend towards improvement, this paper conducts an analysis of anti-ESL measures implemented in diverse educational institutions. The main objective is to understand how mainstream and alternative education…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
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Sin, Cristina; Soares, Diana; Tavares, Orlanda – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
The integration of coursework in doctoral programmes is becoming increasingly common worldwide. In Portugal, too, coursework is now part of many doctorates and is usually assigned to the first year. This paper aims to understand if coursework is also an element of the relatively recent industrial doctorates in Portugal and, in this case, if it…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Educational Change, Doctoral Students, Industry