scholarly journals Integration of HE system of Azerbaijan in the Global World

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulviyya Abbasova ◽  
Natavan Babayeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Education System ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Credit System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Government

This article deals with the analysis of some important reforms and innovations implemented in the education sector by the government in Azerbaijan. After gaining the independence Azerbaijan started successfully to move forward towards the  development as an independent country. The country established the close relations with different international organizations and institutions. After Azerbaijan signed on to the Bologna process, the Ministry of Education developed a comprehensive action plan, calling for the modernizing of the higher education system, a transfer to the credit system, the elaboration of new diploma and the recognition of international documents on higher education. As a result, the government of Azerbaijan started the implementation processes of reforms focused on the improvement of the quality of education in order to integrate to international standards. The Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan closely collaborates with major international organizations such as: The Council of Europe, UNESCO, World Bank, UNICEF, ISESCO, EU and so on. Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU is carried out within the framework of TEMPUS/TACIS, Erasmus+, Twinning/TAIEX programs. This article provides a brief overview about the above mentioned programs, their application processes, as well as the results and their influences in education system of Azerbaijan .

scholarly journals The Internationalization of Higher Education in Armenia Nowadays the Analysis of the Existing Problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1 (33)) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Yevgine Aperyan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
University Education ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Higher Education System

Internationalization is a rapidly growing trend among the higher education system around the world. Academic and research institutions demonstrate a growing interest in the processes of internationalization of higher education, at the international, regional, national, and institutional levels. Internationalization and global engagement are becoming key trends in the development of national systems of education in Armenia and abroad. Numerous researchers have highlighted the problematics of internationalization of higher education associated with the cultural impact of university education, a synergy of humanitarian and natural sciences, intercultural communication, digital and blended learning, international credit and degree mobility, the introduction of international standards for measuring the quality of education defined by the Bologna Declaration. Although internationalization has become established in education at the international level, it should be realized that at the moment there is no single policy or strategy for the internationalization of the higher education system in Armenia, both at the regional and national levels. The lack of uniform strategy is in some way offset at the institutional level: the increasing number of Armenian higher education institutions have integrated internationalization, to varying degrees, in their mission and vision. It can be seen in the activities of the leading universities in Armenia. The global knowledge economy requires all universities to be the competitors for students, faculties, strategic partnerships, and research funding, as well as to prepare their graduates to be global professionals, scholars, highly demanded and competitive. Indicating the mechanism of the implementation of an international component into the existing curricula, programs, research, teaching, and learning processes may contribute to the understanding of the process of internationalization of higher education. Thus, more research is needed on the experience of Armenia and other countries in implementing the provisions of the Bologna process. The purpose of this article is to examine the theoretical and practical aspects of the internationalization process, identifying some challenges and obstacles for the Armenian higher education system and presenting possible ways of overcoming them.

What the Bologna Process Means for the Russian Education System?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
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Marina Saburova ◽  
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R. Galeeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Ulyanovsk Region ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The paper describes the results of the expert survey among the respondents of the Ulyanovsk region devoted to the problem of the impact of the Bologna system on the quality of higher education in Russia and the problem of employment of university graduates, which was held within the project "Investigation of the higher education system: harmonization of relations between the labor market and the market of educational services." The study involved representatives of government, higher education and business in the region. Different points of view on the reform of higher education in Russia are presented, an analytical conclusion, how the Bologna system is perceived by Russian society on an example of the region, is made. It should be noted, there was not the consensus among the government, business and higher education of the Ulyanovsk region whether the Bologna system carries the benefit of Russian society or not.

scholarly journals Georgia: Higher Education System Dynamics and Institutional Diversity

2018 ◽  
pp. 175-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lela Chakhaia ◽  
Tamar Bregvadze
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Education System ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Developments

AbstractThe evolution of Georgian higher education system in recent decades almost perfectly mirrors the political and socio-economic developments in the country. Having emerged from the uniform Soviet system, it has been undergoing radical changes and has transformed into a diverse institutional setup, which, for all its similarities with various higher education systems existing in other countries, cannot be categorised as a typical representative of one.At the risk of oversimplification, we can divide the process of transformation of Georgian higher education in post-soviet period into three stages corresponding to the phases of political and socioeconomic transformations of the country. Immediately after gaining independence, when country sunk into the chaos of civil war, ethnic conflicts and economic crisis, higher education changed largely by inertia and chaotically, without much direction or a uniform vision. Swift transition to market economy was reflected through massive privatisation of costs in higher education and consequent diversification of the form of institutional ownership into public and private. In the following period after 1994, was settling down after the earlier turmoil. The higher education system continued to develop slowly and largely independently from the central governmental guidance. As higher education detached itself from the alliance with the Soviet economy and accordingly with various line ministries, many institutions changed their narrow profiles and started offering a wider range of specialisations thus responding to the demands of the market economy.Starting in 2004, following the Rose Revolution, the changes were more centralised, planned and fitted with the greater vision of economic liberalism of the government team. Joining the Bologna process and applying the principles of market economy to the governance of higher education happened simultaneously. The result was integration of research at universities and a seemingly ‘meritocratic’ way of admitting students and provision of funds, which ultimately define the prestige of universities.

scholarly journals The main aspects of modernization of the higher education system in the perception of students and teachers: a sociological analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 84-96
Author(s):  
Varvara A. Sagaidak ◽  
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Vladislava M. Duyunova ◽  
Evgeniya V. Anufrieva ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Training System ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Credit System ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Student Exchanges ◽  
Modernization Process

Introduction. The Rome Conference of Ministers of Science and Higher Education set a new direction for the implementation of key commitments necessary for the full functioning of the European Higher Education Area. As a participant in the Bologna process, Russia is rapidly increasing the pace of modernization in the higher education system, which actualizes the need to analyze the results and consequences of the ongoing reforms. The research purpose is to identify the specifics of perception of the main aspects of the modernization process by students and teachers as key agents in the provision and consumption of educational services. Materials and methods. During the study, a questionnaire survey was conducted among first-to-fifth year students (N=300) and teachers (N=100) of the Volgograd Institute of Management, a branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Results. The research results demonstrate an ambiguous attitude towards the ongoing reforms. 39.3% of the surveyed students and 37.8% of the teachers support the transition to a two-tier higher education system, 28.6% of the students and 44.4% of the teachers do not approve of it. The main risk of the reform relates to the loss of the quality of education when changing the field of study and a student’s obligation to obtain a master’s degree in order to be in demand in the labor market. The transition to a modular-rating training system is perceived positively by more than a third of the surveyed students and teachers. Negative consequences of the reform affected teachers to a greater extent: an increase in time costs and the risk of error when completing modules with teaching materials. The transition to the credit system as a tool for the development of academic mobility is supported by 62% of the surveyed teachers and 39.9% of the students. The contradictory attitude to stimulating the change of universities is associated with the risks of student adaptation and stereotyped education as the consequences of reforms. Conclusions. Based on the research results, the authors come to the conclusion that to overcome the ambiguous attitude towards the ongoing reforms, it is important to develop and implement measures to highlight the current modernization directions, goals and results: at meetings of the Academic Council or through teaching and student exchanges at the regional and international level. Also, the identified problems can be compensated by the intensification of advanced training courses taken by teachers to use the tools of work against the backdrop of new tasks, the development of a regulatory framework that regulates the transition between levels of education and measures to prevent the risks of students’ adaptation when changing universities.

scholarly journals Transforming finnish higher education: institutional mergers and conflicting academic identities

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jani Ursin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Academic Identities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Institutional Mergers ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> </p><p class="RESUMENCURSIVA">As in many other European countries also Finnish higher education system has witnessed several reforms over the past decade many of which originate in efforts to make more competitive and affordable higher education system. The aim of this paper is to describe the changes and institutional mergers in particular that have taken place in Finnish higher education and explore what kind of academic identities are constructed amid changes in Finnish higher education. The paper shows that the mergers followed the objectives set by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture for the structural development of the higher education system and that the creation of a joint culture for merged institutions was important yet challenging. The paper also argues that due to these external changes in Finnish higher education there is a tendency to move from a traditional notion of an academic toward more hybrid and dynamic understanding of what it is being an academic in the 21st century.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>

scholarly journals Thoughts on the higher education system in Poland. Changes – issues – evaluation. Part 1

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-137
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Grzywacz ◽  
Grażyna Miłkowska ◽  
Magdalena Piorunek ◽  
Lech Sałaciński
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
University Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
Education Science

This report is a part of the results of the international project entitled “Studium in Osteuropa: Ausgewählte Aspekte (Analysen, Befunde)” conducted in the years 2013-2015 under supervision of Prof. Wilfried Schubarth and Dr Andreas Seidl from the Potsdam University, Department of Education Science, and Prof. Karsten Speck from the University of Oldenburg, Germany. The project was conducted jointly by representatives of academic centres from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Russia. Its general aim was a comparative analysis of the effects of implementation of Bologna Process directives into the higher education systems of the individual countries. The changes introduced into the higher education systems in the countries involved in the project were described and evaluated, discussed was in particular the problems of education of teachers at the university level. The following text is the result of the contribution of the Polish group participating in the project. The report will be presented in two parts. The first part is focused on the macro-societal context of transformations in the higher education system in Poland. The implementation of selected aspects of Bologna Process directives is described and supplemented by empirical comments. The second part deals with selected aspects of university level education of teachers, followed by a polemic against the assumptions and execution of the target transformations of higher education system.

scholarly journals The Thorny Excellence Initiative in India

2018 ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip G. Altbach ◽  
Rahul Choudaha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Research University ◽  
High Impact ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Excellence Initiative ◽  
Impact Research ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Government

India enrolls 35 million students in its large and complex higher education system. In its ambition to enter world-class university rankings, the government has identified six “Institutions of Eminence.” The case of the “greenfield” Jio Institute exemplifies the thorny policy landscape and expectations of building a high-impact research university.

scholarly journals The participation of Ukraine in creating the common european educational space: laws and regulations

2016 ◽  
pp. 144-155
Author(s):  
Evgen Khan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
The Common ◽  
European Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Bologna Process

The article examines the basic legal and regulatory documents, legislative acts in the field of higher education and international agreements signed by Ukraine within the process of creation of the Common European Education Space. It presents and analyses the principal documents which gave rise to the Bologna process and the creation of the Common European Education Space, and those signed and embodied by Ukraine on the way towards the implementation of the European education standards. It as well investigates the legal and regulatory documents within the system of the higher education of Ukraine during the 154 process of its reforming, inter alia the principal regulatory acts, decrees and orders of the Government and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, which were aimed to reform and modernize the system of the higher education of Ukraine, as well as to implement the European education standards, to promote the improvement of academic cooperation, international recognition of the academic documents and the participation of Ukraine in the European educational programs and projects.

THE WAYS FOR THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN IN THE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
A.A. Baitassov ◽  
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K. Sarkytkan ◽  
K.K. Muzdybayeva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Bologna Process

Since gaining independence, Kazakhstan has been carrying out active reforms in the field of higher education. This, in turn, led to a systematic policy of transition to a market economy. The research work will include the current state of the higher education sector in Kazakhstan and further development provided for by the Bologna process. In the course of the study, several typologies will be identified to visualize how the education system in Kazakhstan has revolutionized. Analytical methods, such as pie charts and graphs, are also used to analyze research data. The study discusses the need to improve the quality of human capital by improving and modernizing the higher education system. Domestic higher education plays a vital role in the professional training of competent and globally competitive specialists for all sectors of the economy of Kazakhstan.

scholarly journals Luxembourg’s Expanding Higher Education System: Responding to Global Norms

2016 ◽  
pp. 27-28
Author(s):  
Gangolf Braband ◽  
Justin J.W. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Local Resistance ◽  
Institutional Response ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Global Norms ◽  
The University

Luxembourg has an expanding higher education system, with one of the youngest European national research universities at its center. The University of Luxembourg was founded, against local resistance, as an elite institutional response to global norms and to the Europe-wide Bologna Process. 

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