The article enlightens that the rapid pace of transformational changes, which are inherent in a globalized world, during the twenty years of the Bologna process launching led to the expansion of its value space coordinate system and increase in the tools of fundamental values of higher education approval and implementation among the participating countries and European organizations. It is grounded that during the Bologna process and EHEA development to the list of fundamental values (academic freedom, institutional autonomy, indivisibility of teaching and research, preservation of the European humanism traditions) were added: state responsibility for higher education system, involvement of students and academic staff in the governance of higher education, following the academic integrity, democracy, human rights, higher education quality assessment, mobility, inclusiveness, etc. taking into account the national legislative frameworks.
It is presented that an important step towards strengthening fundamental values is the establishment of the European Higher Education Area and European Research Area, as well as their consolidation in the near future. The EHEA and ERA creation in the Bologna process system led to the development of the higher education institution’s development strategy, in particular defining its mission, vision, aim, etc., where values are the main basis and guide for institution and society in general and also for academic staff. The university’s academic staff are obliged to identify themselves with the institution’s values, be their carriers in the students’ environment and society, be active their «transmitters». The main value principles implementation in higher education not only consolidates the Bologna process participating countries, but also ensures the implementation of the EHEA and ERA strategies globally and their distribution in the world.
The Emergence and Institutionalisation of the European Higher Education and Research Area
