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What Role for Private Higher Education in Mass Systems? Pedro Nuno Teixeira CIPES and Faculdade de Economia – U Porto

OECD Conference - Paris – 8 th - 9 th December 2008. What Role for Private Higher Education in Mass Systems? Pedro Nuno Teixeira CIPES and Faculdade de Economia – U Porto. Private Higher Ed. - An old and new reality Long historical roots The increasing public dominance

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What Role for Private Higher Education in Mass Systems? Pedro Nuno Teixeira CIPES and Faculdade de Economia – U Porto

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  1. OECD Conference - Paris – 8th- 9th December 2008 What Role for Private Higher Education in Mass Systems? Pedro Nuno Teixeira CIPES and Faculdade de Economia – U Porto

  2. Private Higher Ed. - An old and new reality • Long historical roots • The increasing public dominance • European tradition and its influence • Resilient role of religion ©Pedro Teixeira – CIPES and FEP–UP

  3. Recent expansion of Private HE: • Massive expansion of HE systems • Diversification of HE demand and supply • Increasing constraints on public funding • Changes in regulation of the public sector • Public vs. private ©Pedro Teixeira – CIPES and FEP–UP

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  5. Expectations upon the emergence of Private HE: • Diversification of Supply • Expansion with lower financial burden • Protection of public elite sector • Competition, Emulation, Responsiveness • Greater internal and external efficiency ©Pedro Teixeira – CIPES and FEP–UP

  6. Expansion of HE in Portugal – some data ©Pedro Teixeira – CIPES and FEP–UP

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  8. Recent Private HE – Some stylized facts • Massification and demand-absorption • Ambiguous relationship with public authorities • A diverse sector in size and institutional profile • Greater regional and disciplinary concentration • Quality concerns: research, staff, academic pedigree ©Pedro Teixeira – CIPES and FEP–UP

  9. What Role For Private HE? • An integrated approach towards Private HE • Blurring boundaries Public-Private • Stimulating complementarity rather than competition • Changing the Profile of Private HE • Quantitative vs. qualitative expansion • Tighter competition in student’s market • Academic and Political Legitimacy ©Pedro Teixeira – CIPES and FEP–UP

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