This OECD Higher Education Thematic Report was prepared by the Higher Education Policy Team in the OECD’s Directorate for Education and Skills as part of the Education Policy Committee’s project “Enhancing higher education performance through effective policies”. The report was drafted by Simon Roy (Team Lead, Higher Education Policy Team), with research support and data analysis by João Reis (Junior Analyst, Higher Education Policy Team). Expert advice on the use of OECD and European Tertiary Education Register data was provided by Gillian Golden (Analyst, Higher Education Policy Team) and Viktoria Kis (Indicators of Education Systems Team, Directorate for Education and Skills). Editorial and publication support were provided by Christie Morley and Rachel Linden. Overall guidance was provided by Paulo Santiago (Head of Division, Policy Advice and Implementation, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills) and Andreas Schleicher (Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills).
The report draws extensively on previous OECD reports prepared as part of the OECD Resourcing Higher Education Project. Guidance for the work and invaluable comments were provided by members of the OECD’s Group of National Experts for Higher Education (GNE-HE), officials from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture and other international experts consulted during the report’s preparation.
The report was funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme in the context of the broader project “Resourcing universities for quality, inclusion and international cooperation.” The views expressed herein can in no way be interpreted to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.