The Bologna process in European and post-Soviet higher education: institutional legacies and policy adoption |
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Authors: | Jeroen Huisman |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology, Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent (CHEGG), Ghent University, Korte Meer 5, Ghent 9000, Belgiumjeroen.huisman@ugent.be |
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Abstract: | This paper addresses the puzzle of the unlikeliness of the implementation of elements of the Bologna Process agenda in Europe and post-Soviet higher education systems. Following mainstream policy science theories, the policy initiative would be qualified as “prone to failure”, but surprisingly many governments took up the challenge to develop regulations and guidelines and to change the structures of their higher education systems. Looking at the adoption of Bologna process elements in various countries – east and west – I will be able to point at factors that contribute to explaining why and to what extent countries engaged with the process and hence to contribute to the literature on Europeanisation and policy adoption. |
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Keywords: | Bologna process European higher education area Europeanisation policy adoption post-Soviet |
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