Main challenges, needs and trends in the field of doctoral studies in Europe and the United States from the perspective of the requirements of the Bologna Process are identified. A set of recommendations for further developments are formulated in...

The editorial gives an overview of the topics addressed in the March 2014 issue of ZFHE and states four priorities that can be differentiated in regard to the development of study programmes: organizational design, quality management, coherent...

The article presents some key developments in quality assurance (QA) on a European level over the last ten years. Particular attention is paid to discussing the impact of European QA policies (e.g. the European Standards & Guidelines) at the...

This report presents the results of the joint 2005–06 project of the Nordic Quality Assurance Network in Higher Education (NOQA). The project focused on the Europeanstandards and guidelines for quality assurance agencies, examining them in a...

This paper looks at the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) as an important part of the international trade law system and explores if and how it affects the steering capacity of a nation state regarding higher education. It offers a...

This article begins with a critical assessment of the impacts of rankings on the European and national landscapes of higher education and analyses their unintended side effects on organisational behaviour of universities. It makes an attempt to...

Within a decade a paradigm shift in the funding of German universities has taken place: autonomy, competition and performance criteria now take center stage. Steering efforts of governments shifted from regulatory interventions to financial...

Nowhere today higher education is undergoing more substantial change than in Europe. Higher education institutions have become more important than ever to national economies, both as a significant branch of economy and as a source of trained and...

Das Zusammenwachsen des europäischen Hochschulraums ist gekennzeichnet von einer Integration hetereogener, nationalstaatlicher Bildungs- und Hochschulsysteme. Folglich wird es für die Entscheidungsträger aus Wissenschaft und Politik wichtiger,...

Infolge des Bologna-Prozesses ist der europäische Hochschulraum in einem grundlegenden Wandel begriffen, der die Grundarchitekturen der nationalen Hochschulsysteme verändert. Folglich wird es für die Entscheidungsträger aus Wissenschaft und...