Mit der Umsetzung der vor 15 Jahren beschlossenen Bologna-Reformen verschoben sich sowohl die Zielkoordinaten als auch die Mittel der Hochschulpolitik. Die berufliche Qualifikation Studierender rückte stärker in den Vordergrund, und es wurden neue Governance-Strukturen in Anlehnung an das neue...

The structural reform becomes the most visible initiative of the Bologna process. However, today the reform serves as an umbrella for comprehensive reform processes in national systems of higher education. In Central and Eastern European countries the Bologna process is not only strongly...

The objective of this paper is an efficiency analysis about Higher Education (HE) systems in European countries. We employ data extracted from the OECD datasets (Education at a Glance, several years), both (1) computing an "overall" Performance Indicator and (2) using a non-parametric technique...

The European continent, under the urge of the events generated by the process of building Europe that has led to an enlargement of the external European Union borders towards the east, undergoes a process of alteration. No matter on which side of the EU border they may be, the citizens of the...

Mit der Umsetzung der vor 15 Jahren beschlossenen Bologna-Reformen verschoben sich sowohl die Zielkoordinaten als auch die Mittel der Hochschulpolitik. Die berufliche Qualifikation Studierender rückte stärker in den Vordergrund, und es wurden neue Governance-Strukturen in Anlehnung an das neue...

In the specialised literature there are several established models and methods for measuring the time required to fill the gap between various systems, by assessing the rate of development required to reach a certain reference level in a determined period of time. These models are known as...

We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are – on average – slightly less educated than native individuals, there is a large heterogeneity across countries. We discuss evidence on student performance in international...

Education policy has been at the forefront of discussions that relate to the economic prosperity of various nations. But, there still seems to be a sense of unclarity in the ongoing debate on whether the education sector needs to be privatised or still conform to the mixed economic model that...

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), founded in 1960, is a representative body covering more than 1,000,000 European lawyers through its member Bars and Law Societies from 31 full member countries and 10 further associate or observer countries. It acts as a liaison between the...

Universities are long-established organisations, and although they have reinvented themselves several times, major reforms are needed again, underpinned by systematic prospective analyses. A novel method is needed to take into account the wide-ranging and complex factors, shaping the future of...