Towards a European Higher Education Policy? Possibilities and Potentialities.

Autor/in	Mc-Daniel, Olaf C.
Institution	Netherlands Ministry of Education and Sciences, The Hague.
Titel	Towards a European Higher Education Policy? Possibilities and Potentialities.
Quelle	(1990), (47 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Delphi Technique; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Educational Trends; Financial Support; Foreign Countries; Government Role; Government School Relationship; Higher Education; Institutional Autonomy; Institutional Cooperation; International Cooperation; International Educational Exchange; International Programs; Political Influences; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Delphi-Methode; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsentwicklung; Finanzielle Förderung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Institutionelle Autonomie; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Internationaler Austausch; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; USA
Abstract	One of a series of studies related to the Delphi research project: "Policy Instruments for Higher Education in the Western Europe of the Future", this paper presents the issue of internationalization of European higher education through three types of data. First, analysis of present European Community (EC) initiatives on education showed that a number of successful programs have already developed. However, the next stage of cooperation cannot be established without coordination between the higher education structures within various countries. Second, an analysis of the results of a survey of 700 experts from 17 countries concluded that for some areas the expectations for a European higher education policy are auspicious. Yet, another layer of bureaucracy may not help produce quality higher education. A review of the United States higher education structure in which the states have primary responsibility while the federal government imposes some policies, found that such a structure may serve as a model. But, conditions in Europe may not be favorable for such a system. The results of these examinations indicate that the current changes in Europe call for a supra-national higher education policy, that a supra-national body should have a stimulating, not administrative function, and that there exit several important obstacles to this type of education policy. Notes and 33 references are included. (JB)
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