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Higher education systems all over the world have gone through deep transformation and extraordinary expansion, mainly since the second half of the 20th century. One of the main causes of such change was the greater relevance awarded to scientific research, and the acknowledgement of the importance of a qualified workforce for the production of wealth in society, on which both the welfare state and civic security depend.
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Teodoro, A., Guilherme, M. (2014). Introduction. In: Teodoro, A., Guilherme, M. (eds) European and Latin American Higher Education Between Mirrors. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-545-8_1
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