Bologna Country Updates: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands

By Nick Clark

In an attempt to benchmark progress that has been made towards the goal of establishing a European Higher Education Area by 2010, WENR is providing updates on the structural, legislative and institutional changes that have been implemented by each of the signatory countries in their efforts to comply with the reforms called for by the Bologna Declaration. [Continued]

REGIONAL NEWS

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Japan: Reforms to Boost Autonomy in Higher Education As of April and the start of the new academic term, in what is being billed as the biggest higher-education reform project in more than 100 years, public universities are being given increased independence. After decades of micromanagement from the Education Ministry, the reforms promise university presidents the power to set budgets, academic standards and programs, and hire and fire employees, including lecturers. Educators’ salaries and tenure will now be performance-based, in contrast to the traditional seniority, job-for-life approach. [Continued ... Read Full Story in the Asia-Pacific Section]

FEATURE

Evaluating the Bologna Degree in the U.S.

By Mariam Assefa and Robert Sedgwick

The first Bologna bachelor's degrees were awarded in 2003, which means that European students will soon begin using the new qualifications to gain entry to graduate-level programs in the United States. The Bologna bachelor's is (in most cases) a three-year, freestanding degree designed to prepare students for graduate study or employment. [Continued]

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