Les transformations de l’enseignement supérieur en Russie Évolution du secteur public et stratégies d’établissements

European Educational Research Journal

2017

This contribution examines the domestic reinterpretations of international and European recommendations in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). It asks under what conditions these institutional recommendations, but also global processes such as the university rankings, affect domestic public policies. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which have experienced a far-reaching reform process since 1989, have been particularly affected by new standards promoted at the European and international level. The article shows that the combined external and domestic pressures affect higher education institutions (HEIs) in multiple and sometimes contradictory ways. Based on the Polish and Ukrainian cases, it reassesses the (party) political factor in the reorientation of higher education (HE) reforms. It shows that Europeanisation and internationalisation are neither uniform nor linear processes. Ultimately, the announced diversification of HEIs appears as a longer-term process whose outcome remains uncertain.

Section: Unpacking the External Dimension: The Central–eastern Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Competitive universities? The impact of international and European trends on academic institutions in the ‘New Europe’

European Educational Research Journal

2017

Between competition imperative and Europeanisation: the case of Higher Education reform in Poland

2014

High Educ

Between Competition Imperative and Europeanisation. The Case of Higher Education Reform in Poland While the Europeanisation of Higher Education (HE) systems has triggered much debate, the relationship between European factors and domestic economic processes, has been less thoroughly analysed. This article analyses HE reforms in the light of two parallel processes, which have shaped this sector: the introduction of market mechanisms and a gradual Europeanisation. The Polish HE makes a good case study of the relationship between both processes as it has been shaped by the contingencies inherent to the establishment of a liberal economic regime. Another set of inputs originated from the conditionality of the EU accession process, which coincided with the launching of the Bologna Process. While the postcommunist transformations entailed the large-scale privatisation of the HE system, the Bologna Process defined the role of the sector as supporting a 'knowledge-based economy', an agenda promoted by the Lisbon strategy and international institutions in the field. Trying to combine the study of policy practice and narratives this article takes into account the legislative outcomes as well as the reform debates based both on economic arguments and on the necessity to 'catch up with Europe'.

Laboratories of reform? The Europeanization and internationalization of higher education in Central and Eastern Europe

European Journal of Higher Education

Harmsen

2015

Outside of North America, most higher education research comes from other disciplines or departments and is pursued on a part-time or short-term basis. Higher education scholars engage a wide range of theories, methodologies, and research designs. Higher education researchers and their work are perhaps best described by the metaphor "tribes and territories." The field covers such disparate areas as academic cultures and identities, academic development, doctoral education, internationalization, knowledge validation, leadership and management, quality, teacher education, and teaching and learning. Although this breadth of research is impressive, researchers often tend to study the same topic in different silos. (100 ref)-