Higher Education in the Western Balkans: Reforms, Developments, Trends
Short description:
This booklet aims to present the main findings of a study of current trends
and issues in higher education which was conducted in seventeen higher education institutions
from eight countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia). It provides a general overview by analyzing the
higher education reforms after 1990 and outlines some of the key issues that have been raised
such as the impact of the Bologna Process in the region and its implementation; institutional
diversifications; the fragmentation of universities; the private higher education; the deals with
internationalization and international cooperation; the issue of equality as a discursive and the
role of students in university governance, and national higher education policy making.
Additional information:
Supported by:
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
Centre of Educational Policy Studies
Year of publication:
2013
Country(ies) relevant for your entry:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and
Slovenia