New IIE Survey Examines Response by U.S. Higher Education to European Higher Education Area Reforms; Briefing Paper Outlines Doctoral Universities' Policies Toward BolognaCompliant Degrees.

(From AScribe)

NEW YORK -- Ten years ago, in June 1999, a group of 29 European Ministers signed the Bologna Declaration with the goal of establishing the European Higher Education Area by 2010 and promoting the European system of higher education world-wide. This week, 46 European Higher Education Area Ministers will gather for the 5th biennial EHEA Ministerial Conference, to take stock of the first decade of this initiative and jointly define goals for the coming years.

The changes in higher education policy and practices in Europe that have resulted from this initiative, collectively known as the Bologna Process, are having a global impact, stimulating significant worldwide discussion on higher education collaboration and cooperation. Recent …