Higher education throughout the world has become increasingly important in the decades closing the 20th and beginning the 21st centuries. This is nowhere more true than in the so-called mature economies of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in which higher education has been a vital component of democratic civil societies, an engine of economic growth and a principal vehicle for the advancement of economic mobility and social justice.
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Johnstone, D.B., Teixeira, P., Rosa, M.J., Vossensteyn, H. (2008). Introduction. In: Teixeira, P.N., Johnstone, D.B., Rosa, M.J., Vossensteyn, H. (eds) Cost-Sharing and Accessibility in Higher Education: A Fairer Deal?. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4660-5_1
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