Montenegro: Enhancing Competitiveness and Accelerating European Union Integration – The Role of Higher Education

The Bologna process set forth a transformation among institutions of higher education in Europe to increase student and staff mobility and to make the European Union more competitive in the world education market. Years of a centrally planned system, isolation from the international conversations, and developments of higher education values made the implementation of the Bologna process in Romania a difficult and controversial one. This chapter introduces a concept from the marketing literature regarding brand globalization that recognizes and supports an integral part of the Bologna process – that of academic values. Moreover, the discussion presents findings from an empirical study regarding leadership aspects in Romanian higher education. Recommendations are then provided as to the implementation of those values in Romania's higher education system.

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Intensification of Competition in European and Global Higher Education: The Role of Globalisation and Transaction Costs

Polgári szemle ◽

10.24307/psz.2020.1218 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (Special Issue) ◽

pp. 284-296

Author(s):

József Golovics ◽

Pál Veres

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

European Union ◽

Transaction Costs ◽

The European Union ◽

Global Space

The topic of this study is the intensification of competition in different dimensions of higher education in the European and global space. This is examined in light of globalisation and the concomitant reduction in transaction costs. Changes in transaction costs, European regional integration and the impact of globalisation are discussed in a broader sense, and within the scope of higher education. It is argued that reduction in the transaction costs is both a driving force and a consequence of regional integration and globalisation in higher education, and more specifically, it forces both national higher educational systems and individual higher education institutions into a very sharp system of regional and global interdependence. The challenges faced by less developed regions of the European Union, i.e. the southern and central European peripheries, and the opportunities offered in the European integration processes, have been highlighted and the emphasize is drawn upon them.

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The Role of Higher Education on Corruption

Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability - Handbook of Research on Institution Development for Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Growth in Africa ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4817-2.ch003 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 28-38

Author(s):

Adem Gök

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

European Union ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Living Standard ◽

African Union ◽

Ethical Values ◽

European Union Countries ◽

Enrollment Rates

A cross-country comparison reveals the fact that high tertiary enrollment rates are associated with low corruption, and low tertiary enrollment rates are associated with high corruption. Such a comparison does not show whether an increase in higher education leads to lower or higher corruption. Hence, the aim of the study is to analyze the effect of higher education on corruption on best performing European Union countries and worst performing African Union countries. It is found that higher education has positive significant effect on corruption not only in African Union but also in European Union. Hence, it is concluded that the enticement of higher living standard prevails the moral principals and ethical values of individuals in the way of reaching it. The author advise a course on moral principals and ethical values to be included in the curriculum of higher education institutions to teach the meaning of virtue and the long-term gains of living with high moral standing rather than to be gravitated to the short-term gains of corruption as a policy implication.

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