|
 In the News
Study says: make European higher education more attractive worldwide
Funded by the European Commission's Directorate General for Education and Culture following an open call for tender, the study was carried out between November 2004 and December 2005
by the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA). Its purpose
was to investigate the perception of European higher education
in other parts of the world, to identify some key messages
for a "European brand" in the field of higher education and
to reflect on how to make Europe a more attractive place to
study. The study was based on large-scale surveys and interviews
with students and other stakeholders in six target countries
(China, India, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, and Thailand) as well
as, online, worldwide.
- PDF: acasummary.pdf
Regional
Resources
The Center for Higher Education Policy
Studies (CHEPS)
CHEPS is an interdisciplinary research-institute located at
the faculty of Public Administration and Public Policy of
the Universiteit Twente, the Netherlands. Since 1984, CHEPS
has undertaken and published a considerable amount of research
on higher education especially at system and institutional
levels. Higher education trend reports are available on this
website. Recent reports include:
Lining up higher education. Trends in selected higher education
statistics in ten Western countries
Higher Education in Portugal
Higher education policy issues and trends. An update on higher education policy issues in 11 Western countries, 2004
Dutch e-learning in Europe
- Website: http://www.utwente.nl/cheps/publications/complete_list/english/English_reports.doc/
UNESCO-CEPES: European Centre for Higher Education.
The European Centre for Higher Education/Centre Europ?n pour
l'Enseignement Sup?ieur) was established in September 1972
with a view to promoting co-operation in higher education
among Member States of the Europe Region (the countries of
Europe, North America, and Israel). The activities of the
Centre are focused foremost on higher education in Central
and Eastern Europe and the Director of UNESCO-CEPES also serves
as the Representative of UNESCO in Romania. This site offers
publications for purchase as well as complete PDF text on-line
for many recent monographs and papers.
Recent monograhs include: Higher Education in Turkey
Higher Education in the Republic of Moldava
Higher Education in Bulgaria
- Website: http://www.cepes.ro/publications/mono.htm
Recent papers include:
Legislative Initiatives in the Context of the Bologna Process:
A Comparative Perspective
Quality Assurance and Accreditation: A Glossary of Basic Terms and Definitions
Guidelines for Promoting Gender Equity in Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe
- Website: http://www.cepes.ro/publications/papers.htm
European Universities Association
The European University Association, as the representative
organisation of both the European universities and the national
rectors' conferences, is the main voice of the higher education
community in Europe. EUA's mission is to promote the development
of a coherent system of European higher education and research.
EUA aims to achieve this through active support and guidance
to its members as autonomous institutions in enhancing the
quality of their teaching, learning and research as well as
their contributions to society. This site includes a wealth
of publications about trends in higher education in Europe.
Website: http://www.eua.be/eua/en/about_eua.jspx/
Eurydice
The information network on education in Europe, Eurydice has since 1980 been one of the strategic mechanisms established by the European Commission and Member States to boost cooperation, by improving understanding of systems and policies. Since 1995, Eurydice has also been an integral part of Socrates, the Community action programme in education.
Eurydice is an institutional network for gathering, monitoring, processing and circulating reliable and readily comparable information on education systems and policies throughout Europe. Particulary useful are the country profiles available at this site. Most publications are available in multiple languages.
- Website: http://www.eurydice.org/portal/page?_pageid=217,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Civic Education Project
The Civic Education Project (CEP), an international non-profit organization, has supported grassroots efforts to reform higher education in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia since 1991. In 2004 CEP completed its work in Europe and Eurasia and is now taking its highly successful programs to other world regions.
Website: http://www.cep.org.hu/
IIE Europe Web Resources
This website hosts a number of articles and links related
to international activity in Europe.
- Website: http://www.iienetwork.org/?p=41527
Quality Assurance
ENQA produces two series of publications dealing with the developments in the
European quality assurance: Occasional Papers and Workshop Reports.
This page contains the latest publications of ENQA in PDF Format
including the following titles:
Mapping External Quality Assurance in Central and Eastern Europe. (01. Jun. 2006)
Mapping external quality assurance in Central and Eastern Europe is a report by the Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEEN). It presents the results of CEEN member surveys that charted how far the member agencies matched up to the good practice described in the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area. The report was published in the series of ENQA Occasional papers.
Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (04. Mar. 2005)
ENQA has produced, in co-operation and consultation with its member agencies and the E4 Group (ENQA, EUA, EURASHE and ESIB) this important report that was submitted to the European Ministers of Education meeting in Bergen in May 2005.
The Quality Convergence Study (QCS). (2005)
The Quality Convergence Study (QCS), a follow-up
to the ENQA Survey on Quality Procedures in Higher Education,
has been published in the series of ENQA Occasional papers.
It examines the possibilities for convergence of national
quality assurance systems in Europe through six samples.
- SAD from the Comite National d'Evaluation, France
- SAD of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee
- SAD of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education, Lithuania
- SAD of the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
- SAD of the National Agency for Higher Education, Sweden
- SAD of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK
Accreditation Models in Higher Education (2004)
ENQA has published its third workshop report, on the contents and results of a seminar on accreditation models. The event has hosted by the Comitato per la Valutazione del Sistema Universitario, an ENQA member agency.
- Website: http://www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso
Armenia
Overview of Education
This document was a handout at the November 2005 Region II/III
NAFSA Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It includes
key information for understanding higher education in Armenia
as well as useful links.
- PDF: Armenia_NAFSA_2005.pdf
Austria
Office of Science and Technology
The Office of Science&Technology (OST) at the Embassy of
Austria in Washington, DC is a strategic interface for science,
research and science policy between Austria and North America.
Das Office of Science &Technology (OST) an der Österreichischen Botschaft in Washington, DC
ist eine strategische Schnittstelle im Bereich von Wissenschaft, Forschung und Forschungspolitik
zwischen Österreich und Nordamerika.
- Website: http://www.ostina.org
Bridges
is the free online magazine published by the OST. Bridges
features a wide range of articles relating to science, technology
and education policy in the US, Canada and Europe. Audio
versions of selected articles are also available on the
OST's web site or by subscription to the bridges podcast.
- Website: http://bridges.ostina.org
Bulgaria
Overview of Education
This document was a handout at the November 2005 Region II/III
NAFSA Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It includes
key information for understanding higher education in Bulgaria
as well as useful links.
- PDF: Bulgaria.pdf
France
CHEPS Country Report, 2001
This is an summary of the education system of France with
a detailed description of the organization of post-secondary
education including data related to enrollment, post-graduation
employment rates, and the professoriate as well as information
about recent reform, financing, and infrastructure.
- PDF: Country report: France
Comite National d' Evaluation
This is the website for the National Committee for the Evaluation of Higher Education. Information is available in French, English, Spanish, Italian, German.
- Website: http://www.cne-evaluation.fr/
Swtizerland
Overview of Swiss Higher Education
This is the website of the Rector's Conference of the Swiss
Univesrities. General information is available in English,
French, Italian, and German about higher education in Switzerland.
- Website: http://www.crus.ch/engl/enic/index.htm
Switzerland Approves Constitutional Changes to Harmonize Higher Education Across Cantons
Labi, A. (2006, May 23). The Chronicle of Higher Education
The changes, which supporters say will create greater transparency,
ensure common quality standards, and encourage increased mobility
by students, encompass all levels of the educational system.
Switzerland's federal system gives the states, called cantons,
overall responsibility for educational matters, and the country's
10 universities are controlled and financed predominantly
by the canton in which they are located, although other cantons
and the federal government contribute as well.
- Website: http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/05/2006052305n.htm (Full text available to subscribers only)
Implementation of the Bologna Process
The implementation of the Bologna process at Swiss institutions should be seen in the wider context of the far-reaching reforms currently under way for the entire higher education sector that will be put into place by 2008. The main goals are to improve the position of Swiss higher education in the international context, to simplify the highly complex mechanisms of cooperation between federal and cantonal authorities in steering the higher education system, and to enhance transparency and efficiency regarding institutional cooperation and allocation of resources.
- Website: http://www.wes.org/ewenr/05july/practical.htm
United Kingdom
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Working in partnership, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research, meeting the diverse needs of students, the economy and society.
- Website: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/
|
