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Reframing the Non-University Sector in Europe: Convergence or Diversity?

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Non-University Higher Education in Europe

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 23))

In this context, and within the framework of the Bologna Process, the question is: What diversity looms in the future? The diversity of higher education was assumed in the past to be of growing importance in the management of systems and institutions, and was considered as a positive dynamic (Amaral et al. 2006; Teichler 2002). Authors such as Stadtman (1980) presented diversity as a way to improve students’ choice, to democratise access, to better attend to students’ individual needs, and to allow institutions to better define their mission and strategies. In this context it could be expected that diversity helps to meet societal needs, and to create conditions for improved institutional autonomy.

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  1. CIPES and Polytechnic Institute of Braganca, Portugal

    Maria de Lourdes Machado

  2. CIPES and Polytechnic University of Leiria, Portugal

    José Brites Ferreira

  3. University of Aveiro, Portugal

    Rui Santiago

  4. CIPES and University of Aveiro, Portugal

    James S. Taylor

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    Maria de Lourdes Machado

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Machado, M.d.L., Ferreira, J.B., Santiago, R., Taylor, J.S. (2008). Reframing the Non-University Sector in Europe: Convergence or Diversity?. In: Taylor, J.S., Ferreira, J.B., Machado, M.d.L., Santiago, R. (eds) Non-University Higher Education in Europe. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8335-8_12

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