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Higher education systems have changed significantly in recent years in response to rising global challenges and various national policy initiatives. One of the major forces fostering change in higher education over recent decades has been its persistent expansion. As higher education has continued to expand, governments’ responses have been to seek structural changes at system level (Taylor et al., 2008).
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Teixeira, P., Sarrico, C., Magalhães, A., Veiga, A., Rosa, M.J., Carvalho, T. (2016). Introduction. In: Sarrico, C., Teixeira, P., Magalhães, A., Veiga, A., Rosa, M.J., Carvalho, T. (eds) Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-675-0_1
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