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Appendix 7-3
GLOBALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SYLFF NETWORK
Teresa Iriarte
University of Chile
Credit Transfer and Quality Assurance Effects of Globalization and Solution Efforts
Number of Universities - Explosive Growth of Institutions
■ Globalization = New Demands = Specialized Human Resources
■ Higher Education = Attractive Business = New Private Universities
■ Competitiveness = International Private Institutions = More Professionals than Needed
Academic Quality - Highly Heterogeneous
■ Insufficient Academic Staff and Infrastructure
■ Greater Demand in Certain Areas
■ Teaching - Learning Processes Suffer
Effects of Globalization and Solution Efforts
Efforts to Homogenize Quality - Latin American Process
■ ECTS - Tuning Project in Europe
■ Tuning in Latin America
■ National Accreditation Processes
■ A Regional Initiative - MARCA Project (at MERCOSUR Level)
Effects in SYLFF Network - Leadership
■ Better Prospect for Extending Impact through National or Regional Networks
■ More Opportunities for Interaction among SYLFF Institutions
Cluster #2 Africa/Europe
SYLFF-Program-Administrators' Meeting
Session 7: Globalization of Higher Education
- Implications for the SYLFF-Network -
Friday, 19th January 2007, University of Copenhagen
The Bologna-Process:
pproaches, Activities, Consequences
Wilhelm Löwenstein
Ruhr-University Bochum
The Bologna-Process
Signatory Countries
The Bologna-Process: Approaches
Creation of a European Higher Education Area through a system of easily readable and comparable degrees:
■ 2 [3] cycle system: Bachelor (3 years) + Master (2 years) [+ PhD (3 years)]
■ diploma supplement & European Credit Transfer System
■ European cooperation in quality assurance
(GER: The accreditation council accredits accreditation agencies which accredit study programs)
The Bologna-Process: Activities
traditional system
new system
The Bologna-Process: Activities
(e.g. Ruhr-University Bochum)
The Bologna-Process: Consequences
The Implementation of the Bologna-Process
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