European Higher Education at the Crossroads: Between the Bologna Process and National Reforms

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Going Beyond Bologna: Issues and Themes....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Reconsidering the EHEA Principles: Is There a “Bologna Philosophy”?....Pages 17-38
Principles, Problems, Politics … What Does the Historical Record of EU Cooperation in Higher Education Tell the EHEA Generation?....Pages 39-57
Institutional Autonomy and the Attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area – Facts or Tokenistic Discourse?....Pages 59-81
Tensions in the Policy Objectives of the European Higher Education Area? Public Good and Public Responsibility Versus Service Liberalisation: Equality Versus Institutional Diversity....Pages 83-99
Implications of the Bologna Process for Equity in Higher Education....Pages 101-118
Academic Values Against the Commodification of Higher Education....Pages 119-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Education as Transformation – Transforming European Higher Education....Pages 141-152
Time for Student-Centred Learning?....Pages 153-172
Widening Access to Higher Education – What Can EUROSTUDENT Say About the New Challenges Emerging for Teaching and Learning?....Pages 173-189
The Embedding of the European Higher Education Reform at the Institutional Level: Development of Outcome-Based and Flexible Curricula?....Pages 191-207
Mobility, ECTS and Grades: Problems with the Comparability of Grades....Pages 209-222
On the Tracks of Students and Graduates: Methods and Uses of Tracking Procedures in the European Higher Education Area....Pages 223-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Quality Assurance and the European Transformational Agenda....Pages 247-265
External Quality Assurance Between European Consensus and National Agendas....Pages 267-285
Many Voices, One Song: The Role of Discipline-Based Europe-Wide Evaluation Tools in Emphasising Enhancement and Promoting the Modernisation Agenda of the EHEA....Pages 287-301
A Snapshot on the Internal Quality Assurance in EHEA....Pages 303-316
Internalizing Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Challenges of Transition in Enhancing the Institutional Responsibility for Quality....Pages 317-337
European “Transparency Instruments”: Driving the Modernisation of European Higher Education....Pages 339-360
Consequences of the Student Participation in Quality Assurance....Pages 361-373
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Mobility Key to the EHEA and ERA....Pages 377-386
Student Mobility in Europe: Recent Trends and Implications of Data Collection....Pages 387-411
The Offspring of a Mobile Generation: Students with an Immigrant Background in Higher Education....Pages 413-430
Student Mobility Between Europe and the Rest of the World: Trends, Issues and Challenges....Pages 431-439
Student Mobility in the EU – Recent Case Law, Reflections and Recommendations....Pages 441-459
The PhD in Europe: Developing a System of Doctoral Training That Will Increase the Internationalisation of Universities....Pages 461-484
Student Mobility in Europe: The Informational Value of Official Statistics and Graduate Surveys....Pages 485-509
Internationalisation and Competitiveness of Universities Through Different Types of Researchers’ Mobility – Facing the Future....Pages 511-524
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
Governance Within the EHEA: Dynamic Trends, Common Challenges, and National Particularities....Pages 527-551
A Cross-National Comparison of Higher Education Markets in Western Europe....Pages 553-571
Tools and Implementation for a New Governance of Universities: Understanding Variability Between and Within Countries....Pages 573-598
University Governance in Changing European Systems of Higher Education....Pages 599-611
The Decline of an Academic Oligarchy. The Bologna Process and ‘Humboldt’s Last Warriors’....Pages 613-630
The Changing Conceptions of Student Participation in HE Governance in the EHEA....Pages 631-653
Higher Education Reforms in Europe: A Comparative Perspective of New Legal Frameworks in Europe....Pages 655-673
Front Matter....Pages 675-675
A Policy Gap: Financing in the European Higher Education Area....Pages 677-690
Accountability and the Public Funding of Higher Education....Pages 691-707
European Universities Diversifying Income Streams....Pages 709-726
Who Is to Pay for Mobile Students?....Pages 727-748
Entrepreneurialism and Financing for Improved Academic Enterprise in Higher Education: Coaching for Leadership and Innovation Reflecting True Demand....Pages 749-789
Front Matter....Pages 675-675
Relating Quality and Funding: The Romanian Case....Pages 791-807
Front Matter....Pages 809-809
Refocusing the Debate on Diversity in Higher Education....Pages 811-835
“Everyone Wants to Be Like Harvard” – Or Do They? Cherishing All Missions Equally....Pages 837-862
Institutional Diversification and Homogeneity in Romanian Higher Education: The Larger Picture....Pages 863-885
U-Map, University Activity Profiles in Practice....Pages 887-903
How to Measure Institutional Profiles in the Norwegian HE Landscape....Pages 905-934
Diversity of Higher Education in Europe and the Findings of a Comparative Study of the Academic Profession....Pages 935-959
Front Matter....Pages 961-961
Transmodern Journeys: Futures Studies and Higher Education....Pages 963-968
Multiple Futures for Higher Education in a Multi-level Structure....Pages 969-993
Systemic Foresight for Romanian Higher Education....Pages 995-1017
Re-imagining the Role and Function of Higher Education for Alternative Futures Through Embracing Global Knowledge Futures....Pages 1019-1037
The Politics and Consequences of Eurocentrism in University Disciplines....Pages 1039-1055
Is Bologna Sustainable in the Future? Future Testing the Bologna Principles....Pages 1057-1072
Back Matter....Pages 1073-1103