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Explaining the Bologna Process to Non-Europeans By Robert Sedgwick and Nick Clark The Bologna Process is a complex and vast undertaking that involves 40 European countries and, within those countries, literally thousands of higher education institutions and millions of students. With the addition of Russia at the Berlin Summit, the Bologna Process now literally stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific making it one of the largest reform movements in history. [Continued]
The Bologna Process: As Seen From the Outside By Robert SedgwickAcross the Atlantic, unbeknownst to many Americans, higher education in Europe is undergoing a profound transformation. [Continued]
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China has put into force a law giving private education providers
equal status with state-owned schools. The private education sector
has been growing ever since its initial vague recognition in the
1982 constitution that encouraged not just state-owned education
providers, but "other entities." This language contributed
to bureaucratic misconduct, lawsuits, and a yearning for greater
clarity and support. Private-education providers have essentially
held the status of nonprofit providers whereby "investment
with no repayment," has been the official line.
