LEADER 03458nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910807233503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-00-344766-X 010 $a1-000-97847-8 010 $a1-000-97339-5 010 $a1-003-44766-X 010 $a1-57922-501-2 010 $a1-4416-5681-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000014272 035 $a(EBL)911941 035 $a(OCoLC)642685727 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12190955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384866 035 $a(PQKB)10255618 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL911941 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10545772 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC911941 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000014272 100 $a20090814d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe challenge of Bologna $ewhat United States higher education has to learn from Europe, and why it matters that we learn it /$fPaul L. Gaston ; foreword by Carol Geary Schneider 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSterling, Va. $cStylus$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57922-366-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Example 327 $aAPPENDIX: 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; Z 330 $aThis 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 inapprop 606 $aEducation, Higher$zEurope 606 $aEducation, Higher$zUnited States 606 $aBologna process (European higher education) 606 $aComparative education 606 $aEducation and state$zEurope 606 $aEducation and state$zUnited States 615 0$aEducation, Higher 615 0$aEducation, Higher 615 0$aBologna process (European higher education) 615 0$aComparative education. 615 0$aEducation and state 615 0$aEducation and state 676 $a378.4 700 $aGaston$b Paul L$01122047 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807233503321 996 $aThe challenge of Bologna$94124138 997 $aUNINA