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Historical Institutionalism and Change in Higher Education

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Institutional change and regional integration are discussed in a historical institutional perspective, as rational and socially constructed objectives. Since the introduction of the Bologna Process, the state has given higher education institutions greater autonomy in governance and administration. There have been ongoing negotiations among the supranational, national level, and institutional levels of governance in higher education since the inception of the Bologna Process. Three periods of historical analysis in regional integration are examined. These periods are (1) 1957 to 1999, from the Treaty of Rome to the launch of the Bologna Process; (2) 1999 to 2010, from the launch of the Bologna Process to the creation of the EHEA (including the Lisbon Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination); and (3) 2010 to 2015, from the creation of EHEA to the 9th Ministerial Conference in Yerevan, Armenia.

Building on the achievements so far in the Bologna Process, we wish to establish a European Higher Education Area based on the principles of quality and transparency. We must cherish our rich heritage and cultural diversity in contributing to a knowledge-based society. We commit ourselves to upholding the principle of public responsibility for higher education in the context of complex modern societies.

Bergen Communiqué (excerpt), May 20, 2005

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Barrett, B. (2017). Historical Institutionalism and Change in Higher Education. In: Globalization and Change in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52368-2_3

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