Higher Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-12

3. Historical Developments and Current Challenges

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   Pages 13-29

4. Convergence in Higher Education Governance?

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5. Higher Education Reform in the Czech Republic

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6. Higher Education Reform in Romania

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7. Higher Education Reform in Bulgaria

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8. Higher Education Reform in Poland

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9. Comparative Conclusions

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10. Back Matter

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A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transnational networking on institutions of higher education and assesses whether Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania are converging towards a common model of market-based governance.

• education
• education reform
• Europe
• Governance
• higher education
• Institution
• political science
• european union politics

• University of Konstanz and University of Bremen, Germany

  Michael Dobbins

MICHAEL DOBBINS Senior Researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany. He is also a Lecturer and external collaborator with the Collaborative Research Centre 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany. He has published many articles on higher education policy, European Union politics and post-communist issues.  His research interests are higher education policy, European Union politics, environmental politics and post-communist studies.

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