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Fonseca, Madalena; Dias, Diana; Sá, Carla; Amaral, Alberto – European Journal of Education, 2014
Access to higher education in Portugal is governed by a quota system (numerus clausus). The purpose of this article is to answer two questions: First, how does the "numerus clausus" system shape the demand for medical studies? Second, how do non-enrolled medical candidates influence the global allocation system and generate waves of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Quotas, Medical Education
Dias, Diana; Sá, Maria José – European Journal of Education, 2014
Transition to Higher Education (HE) is a significant life event and it is supposed to be a very agreeable experience to students. However, such impact is not linear, being mediated by students' psychosocial variables and by their own perceptions concerning the HE environment. Transition to HE encompasses many tasks to cope with changes:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, Student Experience, Psychological Patterns
Veiga, Amélia; Rosa, Maria João; Dias, Diana; Amaral, Alberto – European Journal of Education, 2013
This article analyses the impacts of the Portuguese quality assurance system on academic cultures, using the Cultural Theory proposed by Douglas (1970, 1982) and developed by Thompson, Ellis and Wildavsky (1990) as an explanatory framework for Portuguese academics' preference formation in relation to quality assessment. The Portuguese higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Culture