The European Higher Education Area: Between Critical Reflections and Future Policies

Front Matter....Pages i-xliii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Internationalization of Higher Education—What Can Research Add to the Policy Debate? [Overview Paper]....Pages 3-12
Internationalization of Higher Education: Navigating Between Contrasting Trends....Pages 13-26
Balanced Mobility Across the Board—A Sensible Objective?....Pages 27-41
Challenges of Student Mobility in a Cosmopolitan Europe....Pages 43-58
Redefining Internationalization at Home....Pages 59-72
The Impact of Exposure to Diversity in the International University Environment and the Development of Intercultural Competence in Students....Pages 73-92
Internationalisation as a Lever for Change: The Case of Italy....Pages 93-107
Becoming Bologna Capable: Strategic Cooperation and Capacity Building in International Offices in Kazakhstani HEIs....Pages 109-126
Internationalization Strategies and Policies in Second-Tier Higher Education Institutions....Pages 127-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Background Note for the Section on Financing and Governance [Overview Paper]....Pages 147-151
Strategies for Efficient Funding of Universities in Europe....Pages 153-168
Financing Research Universities in Post-communist EHEA Countries....Pages 169-184
Policy Incentives and Research Productivity in the Romanian Higher Education. An Institutional Approach....Pages 185-203
Patterns of Funding Internationalisation of Higher Education. A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Internationalisation....Pages 205-219
The Evolving Landscape of South-East Asian Higher Education and the Challenges of Governance....Pages 221-238
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Seeking Excellence, Practicing Rankings, and Aiming at Diversification of Higher Education Institutions’ Mission in the European Higher Education Area [Overview Paper]....Pages 241-247
Excellence-Driven Policies and Initiatives in the Context of Bologna Process: Rationale, Design, Implementation and Outcomes....Pages 249-265
The Knowledge Society and Diversification of Higher Education: From the Social Contract to the Mission of Universities....Pages 267-284
Excellence and Diversification of Higher Education Institutions’ Missions....Pages 285-292
“New” Rankings on the Scene: The U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems and U-Multirank....Pages 293-311
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Teaching and Learning: An Overview of the Thematic Section [Overview Paper]....Pages 315-324
Teaching and Learning: A Journey from the Margins to the Core in European Higher Education Policy....Pages 325-341
The Meanings of Student Engagement: Implications for Policies and Practices....Pages 343-359
How Do We Know How Students Experience Higher Education? On the Use of Student Surveys....Pages 361-379
Understanding Quality of Learning in Digital Learning Environments: State of the Art and Research Needed....Pages 381-398
Assessment of Learning Outcomes....Pages 399-413
Giving Voice to Non-traditional Students “Walking” the Narative Mediation Path. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis....Pages 415-430
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Equity and the Social Dimension: An Overview [Overview Paper]....Pages 433-447
No Future for the Social Dimension?....Pages 449-466
A Comprehensive Approach to Investigating the Social Dimension in European Higher Education Systems—EUROSTUDENT and the PL4SD Country Reviews....Pages 467-478
How Did the Latest Increase in Fees in England Affect Student Enrolment and Inequality?....Pages 479-500
Struggling with Social Polarization. Student Financial Support in Romania in the Framework of the Bologna Process....Pages 501-519
Premises of Inclusive Access and Success of Roma People in the Romanian Higher Education....Pages 521-538
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Bridging Education, Research and Innovation: The Pivotal Role of Doctoral Training [Overview Paper]....Pages 541-544
European Doctoral Programs in Light of EHEA and ERA....Pages 545-560
Tuning Tools and Insights for Modern Competence-Based Third-Cycle Programs....Pages 561-572
Enhancing the Quality of Research in Europe: Theoretical Perspectives on and Guiding Principles for Researcher Development....Pages 573-591
The Quality of Doctoral Training and Employability of Doctorate Holders: The Views of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers....Pages 593-612
The Romanian PhD Students at CERN: The Bologna Process and Beyond....Pages 613-622
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European Quality Assurance—A European Higher Education Area Success Story [Overview Paper]....Pages 625-637
Front Matter....Pages 623-623
International Quality Reviews with an EQAR-Registered Agency....Pages 639-663
A Merry-Go-Round of Evaluations Moving from Administrative Burden to Reflection on Education and Research in Romania....Pages 665-684
Students as Stakeholders in the Policy Context of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education Institutions....Pages 685-701
Negotiating Liminality in Higher Education: Formal and Informal Dimensions of the Student Experience as Facilitators of Quality....Pages 703-723
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The EHEA at the Cross-Roads. The Bologna Process and the Future of Higher Education [Overview Paper]....Pages 727-742
Current and Future Prospects for the Bologna Process in the Turkish Higher Education System....Pages 743-761
The Bologna Process Goes East? from “Third Countries” to Prioritizing Inter-regional Cooperation Between the ASEAN and EU....Pages 763-783
Future Scenarios for the European Higher Education Area: Exploring the Possibilities of “Experimentalist Governance”....Pages 785-803
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Evidence-Based Policies in Higher Education: Data Analytics, Impact Assessment and Reporting [Overview Paper]....Pages 807-813
Higher Education Research in Europe....Pages 815-847
A Comparative Study on Cost-Sharing in Higher Education—Using the Case Study Approach to Contribute to Evidence-Based Policy....Pages 849-863
Does Research Influence Educational Policy? The Perspective of Researchers and Policy-Makers in Romania....Pages 865-880
Changed Academic Relationship Between Professors and Students at Uni Potsdam: Impact of Bologna 2011–2012....Pages 881-898