Higher Education Policy Convergence and the Bologna Process

A Cross-National Study

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology

• Author: E. Voegtle, Eva Maria Vögtle
• ISBN: 9781137412799
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Publication: September 1, 2014
• Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
• Language: English

What are the principal drivers of recent higher education reforms? This study investigates whether the soft governance mechanism of transnational communication has evoked cross-national policy harmonization. Results suggest that the Bologna Process has triggered substantial policy harmonization beyond general policy convergence.