Today’s university students are drawn from a highly diverse set of backgrounds. Students appear in various guises as … employment. In many countries students are paying more for their university education, and expect high levels of standards and … service. Universities are institutions with multiple roles, and must balance the needs and demands of their students with the …

Successful education systems are able to guarantee that all students succeed at high levels. Across OECD countries …, around 60% of the overall, country-level variation in student performance can be traced to differences in how well students …