German Policy Studies articles from July 2002

German Policy Studies archives from July 2002

Introduction: looking back: higher education reform in Germany.
July 1, 2002... The history of higher education reform in Germany is rooted in the beginning of the 19th century. The victory earned by Napoleon over the Prussian army in 1806 led to comprehensive restructuring of the institutions of the Prussian State,...

Higher education, internationalisation, and the nation-state.
July 1, 2002... Abstract 'Internationalisation' became a key theme in the 1990s, both in higher education policy debates and in research on higher education. The process is accompanied by a European policy that seems to favour a de-nationalisation of...

A comparative view on policy trends in western european higher education.
July 1, 2002... Abstract This paper gives an overview of the most relevant policy developments (1999-2001) regarding higher education in a number of Western European countries. The focus is on Austria, Denmark, Finland, Flanders, France, Germany, the...

Campus Europae.
July 1, 2002... The European higher education area The Bologna Process After predominantly US and Australian universities recognised and actively embraced globalisation more than a decade ago, the 1999 "Bologna Process" has now led most European...

Gender inequality in German academia and strategies for change.
July 1, 2002... Abstract Historically, women were excluded from higher education and academia. Nowadays they constitute half or often the majority of students in most European countries. Nevertheless women are still under-represented in scientific careers...

Theses on status quo and future challenges of the German system of higher education.
July 1, 2002... I. Talking about the status quo and future challenges of German higher education is not possible without considering the developments in Europe. Both the programmes of the EU and the so-called Bologna-process are leading to a loss of national...

Reform or re-labeling? A student's perspective on the introduction of the bachelor's and master's degree in German higher education.
July 1, 2002... The German higher education illness: a diagnosis The German higher education system is suffering from a serious malaise. After years of inactivity and half-hearted reforms, the diagnosis is clear--we have to change our habits, or the...