Europe’s groundbreaking Bologna process
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
The Bologna process was launched in 1999 with great fanfare and hopes for a brave new world within European higher education, but the initiative involved a leap of faith by universities and colleges. For although it makes good sense that the 46 countries now taking part should have higher education systems sufficiently compatible to improve collaboration and course exchanges, such a limited goal was never going to be enough.
At its heart, the Bologna process is about raising higher education standards across Europe, from the globally respected ...
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