From analysis of national policies and institutional practice across Europe, this Eurydice Brief [1] shows that:
- Few countries have developed policy initiatives, strategies, targets and measures for improving access for people from groups currently under-represented in higher education.
- Systems to monitor the social characteristics of students could be improved, and data linked to concrete policy purposes - such as improving access and reducing dropout for disadvantaged students.
- The widening participation agenda is not yet followed through by governments and higher education institutions as a coherent policy approach involving access, retention and employability.
The Brief draws on key findings from the report, Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Access, retention and employability [2], and covers higher education systems in 34 European countries.
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