03485nam 2200709 a 450 991079135730332120200520144314.01-00-344766-X1-000-97847-81-000-97339-51-003-44766-X1-57922-501-21-4416-5681-2(CKB)2560000000014272(EBL)911941(OCoLC)642685727(SSID)ssj0000413750(PQKBManifestationID)12190955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413750(PQKBWorkID)10384866(PQKB)10255618(Au-PeEL)EBL911941(CaPaEBR)ebr10545772(MiAaPQ)EBC911941(EXLCZ)99256000000001427220090814d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe challenge of Bologna[electronic resource] what United States higher education has to learn from Europe, and why it matters that we learn it /Paul L. Gaston ; foreword by Carol Geary Schneider1st ed.Sterling, Va. Stylus20101 online resource (252 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57922-366-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; AN EXPEDITIOUS OVERVIEW; 1. WHY PAY ATTENTION TO BOLOGNA?; 2. THE ROAD TO BOLOGNA; 3. POINT OF DEPARTURE; 4. WORDS TO ACTIONS: Bologna, Prague, Berlin; 5. URGENCY AND UNDERSTANDING: Bergen and London; 6. BEGINNING A NEW DECADE: Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve; 7. THE CHALLENGE FOR BOLOGNA: The Promise-and the Potholes; 8. THE CHALLENGE OF BOLOGNA: Access and Mobility; 9. THE CHALLENGE OF BOLOGNA: Structure and Sequence; 10. THE CHALLENGE OF BOLOGNA: Effectiveness and Accountability; 11. MEETING THE CHALLENGE: Improving on Europe's ExampleAPPENDIX: LIST OF ACRONYMSREFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; ZThis book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the ability of America's higher education system to position the country for competitiveness in a global economy, about its failure to broaden access and participation, or to respond to calls for accountability, and specifically about whether it is ready to address the redoubtable challenge that Bologna Process represents on all these issues. In this book Paul Gaston assesses the Process' accomplishments, weighing its strengths and weaknesses, and evaluates which features pose a threat, which we can learn from, and which may be inappropEducation, HigherEuropeEducation, HigherUnited StatesBologna process (European higher education)Comparative educationEducation and stateEuropeEducation and stateUnited StatesEducation, HigherEducation, HigherBologna process (European higher education)Comparative education.Education and stateEducation and state378.4Gaston Paul L1122047MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791357303321The challenge of Bologna3862663UNINA