Higher education policies in Central and Eastern Europe : convergence toward a common model?

Dobbins, Michael; Knill, Christoph

Higher education policies in Central and Eastern Europe : convergence toward a common model?

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2009

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Journal article

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Governance ; 22 (2009), 3. - pp. 397-430

Abstract

Contrary to many other areas, international and, in particular, European influences on national policymaking in higher education (HE) have remained limited. This picture, however, changed fundamentally from the late 1990s onward. In 1999, 29 countries signed the Bologna Declaration, denoting the start of the so-called Bologna Process. Thus, a collective supranational platform was developed to confront problem pressure, which has in turn fostered considerable domestic reforms. However, we still have limited knowledge on whether the Bologna Process has actually led to the convergence of national HE policies toward a common model. This article analyzes these questions by focusing on Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Because of its tumultuous and inconsistent path of development and the sheer magnitude of the current reform processes, CEE HE stands out as a particularly worthwhile object of analysis for scholars interested in policy convergence as well as policy legacies and path dependencies.

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DOBBINS, Michael, Christoph KNILL, 2009. Higher education policies in Central and Eastern Europe : convergence toward a common model?. In: Governance. 22(3), pp. 397-430. Available under: doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01445.x

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  year={2009},
  doi={10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01445.x},
  title={Higher education policies in Central and Eastern Europe : convergence toward a common model?},
  number={3},
  volume={22},
  journal={Governance},
  pages={397--430},
  author={Dobbins, Michael and Knill, Christoph}
}

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