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1 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

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

4 Total number of students Public Institutions (%) Government dependent private institutions (%) Independent private institutions (%) Australia1.040.15397.80.31.9 Belgium394.42744.655.40.0 France2.201.20183.42.514.0 Germany2.289.46591.19.00.0 Greece653.003100.00.0 Hungary438.70285.015.00.0 Japan4.084.86120.10,0079.9 Korea3.204.03619.90.080.1 Mexico2.446.72667.30.032.7 Norway214.71186.413.60.0 Poland2.145.68769.20.030.8 Portugal367.31275.00.025.0 United Kingdom2.336.1110.0100.00.0 United States17.487.47574.50.025.5

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 Sub- Sector PublicPrivate Year1996/972001/022005/061996/972001/022005/06 1 st Cycle21,57625,50432,67213,84715,71716,210 2 nd Cycle1,6552,2074,248229331571 3 rd Cycle2315851,0941930 TOTAL23,46228,29638,01414,07716,05716,811 Total PublicPrivate Uni.Poly.Total Catholic Univ Other Uni Poly.Total R&D units 9638036186440263399 Expansion of HE in Portugal – some data

7 ©Pedro Teixeira – CIPES and FEP–UP Scientific area Private sectorPublic sector Poly.Univ.Poly.Univ. Education25.01.39.18.2 Arts and Humanities4.98.05.211.6 Social Sc., Law17.251.627.928.2 Sciences, Informatics 2.55.01.613.3 Engineering and Technical 2.814.630.422.7 Agriculture0.00.52.72.6 Health and Social Protection54.312.416.58.5 Services2.36.6 4.9 Total100.0

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 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 What Role For Private HE?


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