The European Higher Education Area: A Road to the Future or at Way's End?

Autor/in	Bergan, Sjur
Titel	The European Higher Education Area: A Road to the Future or at Way's End?
Quelle	In: Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 6 (2019) 2, S.23-49 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2340-8170
DOI	10.18543/tjhe-6(2)-2019pp23-49
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Alignment (Education); Educational Policy; Educational Cooperation; International Cooperation; Student Mobility; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Governance; Study Abroad; Educational Development; Policy Analysis; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Barriers; Global Approach; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Bildungsentwicklung; Politikfeldanalyse; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Globales Denken; Europa
Abstract	The goal of the Bologna Process was to develop a European Higher Education Area within a decade. The goal and the process proved to be attractive, new countries steadily applied for accession, and the Bologna Process has brought about substantial reforms. At the same time, the drive and optimism of the early years has given way to more measured optimism and even a sense of disillusion as we approach the 20th anniversary of the Bologna Declaration. The article outlines six phases in the development of the European Higher Education Area and then looks at some of the main challenges the EHEA faces as it approaches its third decade. Structural reforms have been the hallmark of the EHEA, and in this area the main challenges concern implementation rather than the development of new structures even if some policy challenges also remain. In the run-up to the 2018 Ministerial conference, EHEA faced a bitter debate on the character of the EHEA itself, linked to the questions of how to foster implementation of commitments undertaken and what it means to be a voluntary process. The fundamental values on which the EHEA builds are now threatened in some EHEA members, the role of the EHEA in a global context, and its relevance and governance constitute other challenges. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Deusto. e-mail: tuningjournal@deusto.es; Web site: http://www.tuningjournal.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01