The US Response to Bologna: Expanding Knowledge, First Steps of Convergence

Autor/in	Adelman, Clifford
Titel	The US Response to Bologna: Expanding Knowledge, First Steps of Convergence
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 45 (2010) 4, S.612-623 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/j.1465-3435.2010.01448.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Philanthropic Foundations; Information Dissemination; Higher Education; Qualifications; Academic Standards; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; International Cooperation; International Education; Comparative Education; State Departments of Education; Intellectual Disciplines; Educational Cooperation; Program Descriptions; Surveys; Indiana; Minnesota; United States; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Philanthropismus; Informationsverbreitung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Internationale Erziehung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Kultusministerium; Geisteswissenschaften; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; USA
Abstract	The roads of incoming information to the US higher education system about the Bologna Process are varied and numerous. They include not only the on-line and traditional trade press, but also conferences of national organisations. Whether anyone remembers much of that information, on the other hand, is an open question, as a limited survey undertaken by the author reveals. The mainstream media are not interested in Bologna, governance authorities are exclusively focused on internal issues, and the US research literature on Bologna, while growing, is still minimal. However, some of the research was picked up by the Lumina Foundation for Education, which sponsored the first US experiment with Bologna-related reforms through a Tuning project involving three state systems and six disciplines; and a second round of this venture should begin soon. Out of this effort came Lumina's sponsorship of the first rounds of discussions concerning the potential for a national degree qualifications framework. This evolution indicates another mode of communication in the US system: a combination of personal relations and private foundations with a bold enough agenda to elevate and move both Bologna knowledge and practice to the centre of US consideration. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10