Bologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region

Over the past two decades, the higher education systems of the so-called Western Balkan countries have experienced several waves of reforms. These reforms have been the result of at least two main factors: the deep political, economic and social changes after 1990 on the one hand, and the challenge...

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Main Author: Zgaga Pavel
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Language:English
Published: Pedagoško društvo Srbije i Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu 2017-01-01
Series:Nastava i Vaspitanje
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2017/0547-33301701007Z.pdf
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description Over the past two decades, the higher education systems of the so-called Western Balkan countries have experienced several waves of reforms. These reforms have been the result of at least two main factors: the deep political, economic and social changes after 1990 on the one hand, and the challenge of creating a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) on the other. Compared to most European countries, the Bologna reforms in the Western Balkan region have been much more demanding and difficult. The rationale for the reforms hasn't been only modernisation and employability; on the one hand, it has been also about the purposes of higher education and the 'European dimension' while, on the other hand, it has been deeply marked by politicization and privatization. In this article we would like to briefly analyse the impact of contemporary European higher education reform on developments and changes in the national higher education systems in the region. To this end, after an introduction we first discuss the changed relationship between the university and the state, then we take a closer look at the two decades of the Bologna Process, and, finally, we present some results of our recent survey on the reforms in the Western Balkans.
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spelling doaj.art-fe3ecd5a2d8042d180cdbef304fac0e32022-12-22T01:31:02ZengPedagoško društvo Srbije i Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u BeograduNastava i Vaspitanje0547-33302560-30512017-01-0166172110.5937/nasvas1701007Z0547-33301701007ZBologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the regionZgaga Pavel0Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaOver the past two decades, the higher education systems of the so-called Western Balkan countries have experienced several waves of reforms. These reforms have been the result of at least two main factors: the deep political, economic and social changes after 1990 on the one hand, and the challenge of creating a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) on the other. Compared to most European countries, the Bologna reforms in the Western Balkan region have been much more demanding and difficult. The rationale for the reforms hasn't been only modernisation and employability; on the one hand, it has been also about the purposes of higher education and the 'European dimension' while, on the other hand, it has been deeply marked by politicization and privatization. In this article we would like to briefly analyse the impact of contemporary European higher education reform on developments and changes in the national higher education systems in the region. To this end, after an introduction we first discuss the changed relationship between the university and the state, then we take a closer look at the two decades of the Bologna Process, and, finally, we present some results of our recent survey on the reforms in the Western Balkans.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2017/0547-33301701007Z.pdfacademic autonomyBologna processcentres and peripheriesEuropehigher education reformWestern Balkans
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Bologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region
Nastava i Vaspitanje
academic autonomy
Bologna process
centres and peripheries
Europe
higher education reform
Western Balkans
title Bologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region
title_full Bologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region
title_fullStr Bologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region
title_full_unstemmed Bologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region
title_short Bologna in the Western Balkans: Reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region
title_sort bologna in the western balkans reconsideration on higher education reforms in the region
topic academic autonomy
Bologna process
centres and peripheries
Europe
higher education reform
Western Balkans
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