bologna observations on the bologna agreement: analyzing the impact on us higher education
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Bologna
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Outline for the hour
Background • History • What is it? • Impact(s)
Examples and Reports from others
What Bologna is not
What it really means to us and how it might impact us?
Questions
Background
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Yes, there is Bologna in Bologna
the scale of reform is enormous
Unprecedented in higher education# of students
# of institutions# of countries and languages
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Bologna resounds
UNESCO City of Music
who’s afraid of being?
you have the freedom to change your mind
a revolution in aesthetics
The Bologna Process is not an EU initiative. 27 Member States of the EU
The Bologna Process - 46 participating countries
23 major languages
4000+ universities
16 million students
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
The Bologna Process is not an EU initiative. 27 Member States of the EU
The Bologna Process - 46 participating countries
23 major languages
4000+ universities
16 million students
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
United States
One? language?5700+ universities
14+ million students
The Bologna Process is not an EU initiative. 27 Member States of the EU
The Bologna Process - 46 participating countries
23 major languages
4000+ universities
16 million students
But, when Russia and Turkey and all IEHE countries are considered, the total will be 25-30
million students
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
United States
One? language?5700+ universities
14+ million students
1988 • Bologna Magna Charta Universitatum
1998 • Sorbonne Declaration
1999 • Bologna Declaration
Bologna Process: An ongoing process towards creating a
European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
History/Timeline
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
The EU over time
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
The EU over time
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
The EU over time
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
The EU over time
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
The EU over time
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
G-20
G-8
Congress of Vienna (which sat from November 1814 to June 1815)
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
CanadaFranceGermanyItalyJapanRussiaUnited KingdomUnited States
European Union
ArgentinaAustraliaBrazilCanadaChinaFranceGermanyIndiaIndonesiaItalyJapanMexicoRussiaSaudi ArabiaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited States
European Union
A Moment of Humor...
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
What is it?
Section A: The Bachelor-Master Structure Section B: The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) Section C: The Diploma Supplement Section D: National Qualifications Frameworks Section E: Mobility and Portability of Student Support
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
“ This report clearly shows that we are on track to achieve the central objective of creating the European Higher Education Area by 2010. Greater compatibility of the different national European education degree structures has been achieved through significant reforms, and now the challenge is to work on quality, namely the content and profile of qualifications to ensure that they are meaningful and relevant within and beyond national boundaries. The main Bologna tools – ECTS, Diploma Supplement, and National Qualifications Frameworks – that the European Commission is proud to have helped to develop – are also now becoming well established features of the European higher education landscape. Nevertheless the message is also that we have progress to make in using these tools well, and that we will have to step up our efforts considerably if we are to ensure more widespread mobility in the European Higher Education Area.”
Ján Figel’ Commissioner responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
http://www.eurydice.org
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/diagrams/108EN.pdf
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
What’s it about, fundamentally? “Ron’s
interpretation/opinion”
Structure Nomenclature (US System - two cycles)
Unification Europe!
Quality Assurance Consistency
Accounting System of Credits (ECTS System)
Mobility Europe!! “Necessary European Dimensions in Higher Education...”
Europe!!!Observations on the Bologna Agreement:
Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Growing US Conversation:Cliff Adelman
“The Bologna Club”
Responses, critiques, concerns,Paul Gaston
Carol Geary Schneider
Thomas Friedman
Louis Menand
Arne Duncan
Fall 2008 Liberal Education
Carol Geary Schneider - “The Bologna Process does not promise European students an integrative, cross-disciplinary liberal education
that is clearly tied to the responsibilities of democratic and global citizenship.”
Adelman... Positive Points from the “Bologna Club” for US Higher Education
Developing detailed and public degree qualification frameworks for state higher education systems and in students' major fields for all institutions;
Revising the reference points and terms of the US credit system; Introducing a new class of intermediate credentials;
Expanding dual-admissions "alliances" between community colleges and four-
year institutions;
Developing and expanding "bridge" access programs between stages of higher education;
Refining the US definition and treatment of part-time students; and Developing a distinctive version of a diploma supplement that summarises individual student achievement.
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Quiz time
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Quiz time
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
IEHHEIntegrating Engineering and Humanities in Higher Education
Bologna Process - A Case Studyhttp://www1.tu-darmstadt.de/fb/mb/tvt/iehhe/iehhe.html
Conference held at the Technical University Darmstadt (TU-D) March, 2008
IEHHE Conference
TU-D’s ongoing tradition:
1947 ConferenceEngineering & Social Responsibility
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
IEHHE Conference
Participants
TU-D and TU-9 administrators and faculty
Industry representatives - Siemens, VW, etc.
USA - The College of New Jersey, Columbia College of Chicago, James Madison University, Michigan Tech, University of North
Carolina at Asheville, Virginia Tech, Worcester Tech, North Carolina State University, Georgia Tech
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Dr. Frank Stefan Becker - Siemens
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
IEHHE Conference
TU-9 Program GoalsAdapting Institutional autonomy and traditions to Bologna
standardsGraduate thoroughly trained and resourceful citizens of the world
US Program GoalsInnovative, integrative, experiential, international
Holistic Professionalism - General Education integration
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Bologna Process: Stocktaking Report 2009
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Bologna Process: Stocktaking Report 2009
Are the goals for 2010 actually being achieved?
Overall picture not as green as anticipated in 2007...
The shared vision of EHEA: support, adjustment, resistance
Agreement, but uneven, albeit “tuning”
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Impediments - Major Problem Areas
National, societal, campus
Tracking/reporting - Dipl. Supplement, Outcomes
assessment
Coordinating internal with international systems
Full participation - students at 3 levels - adult
learners
National Synergizing - Governmental, educational,
social
Mutual RecognitionObservations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Final Overview
The Report’s General Recommendations
PersistCooperate
ShareSystematizeTake Stock
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Other Places...
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Zayed University, U.A.E.
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Zayed
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Aga Kahn Humanities ProjectCentral Asia
ECOLASEuropean Colleges of Liberal Arts and
Sciences
Establish LASC colleges throughout EuropeConstruct a LASC certificate
Put liberal arts on accreditation committees throughout EU member countries
funding:EU (Lifelong Learning) and
Erasmus (Modernization of HIgher Education)
March 2010 - Seminar European leaders and academics invited to share best practices and ideas
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Webster University
Global Citizenship ThemeLEAP Essential Learning Outcomes
• Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world
• Intellectual and practical skills• Understanding of personal and social responsibility
• Abilities to integrate and apply what is learned
Utilizing high impact educational practices
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Conclusion:What is missing?
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
What it does not consider
Pedagogy Humanities/General Education
Advising/support for students in finding pathways
Student Development theoryStudent Life 24/7
Learning Communities and other successful models
Physical Place issues - What a Campus means...
Issues of Citizenship and how that is part of an undergraduate education
LEAP!Observations on the Bologna Agreement:
Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Pedagogy Google it, make my day.
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Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Pedagogy “Google it, make my
day.”
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Humanities One of the only references...
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Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Humanities Make my day, again...
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Humanities A Manifesto?
Where has all the love gone???
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Questions...?
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education
Observations on the Bologna Agreement:Analyzing the Impact on US Higher Education