Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the policy of massification as a characteristic of the higher education system influences the quality of education? and what higher education model can the authors adopt to reconcile flow and quality?Design/methodology/approachThe methodology adopted is based on a questionnaire survey of a population of young graduates divided between graduates with a conventional license and LMD license, either in the process of preparing for a diploma or in unemployment or work. But also, the qualitative dimension which, although secondary in this survey, the authors mobilized it through the analysis of open questions relating to the perceptions and representations that young graduates have of their situations.FindingsThe higher education reforms are perceived differently by higher education actors. The results found show that university massification has had the opposite effect by training graduates doomed to unemployment and expatriation.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample for this study is very limited, the results of this finding cannot be generalized to the entire university student as a whole.Originality/valueThis study emphasizes the duality of flow and quality in higher education. The authors have shown the different perceptions of stakeholders in higher education and that despite the multiple reforms of this system the authors still cannot find the best model.
Highlights
In recent decades, the higher education sector has become a focus of attention in several developed and developing countries
The strategic importance of the higher education sector is regularly highlighted by the reports of various international bodies (UNESCO, OECD, World Bank (WB)) which agree that the higher education sector must respond to the new needs of the socioeconomic world by training workers capable of integrating into the local and international labor market
The challenges surrounding higher education are becoming more and more accentuated, in particular with the phenomenon of massification observed in recent years resulting inter alia from the democratization of access to universities and the demographic surge
Summary
The higher education sector has become a focus of attention in several developed and developing countries It is facing multiple challenges and is affected by major changes at several levels. Massive access to higher education affects both developed and underdeveloped countries with a certain chronological difference It is one of the major features of the 20th and 21st century (Guri-Rosenblit et al, 2007). The total number of the student population increased from 146 million in 2006 to more than 218 million students in 2016 (Migaud et al, 2019) and it should reach according to the latest estimates 243 million in 2020 and more than 265 in 2025 These figures clearly show the rise in access higher education and the place it occupies in national and government policies.
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