EXPANDING EUROPE – JUBILEE RECTORS’ CONFERENCE, Pécs, October 13, 2010 A New Cultural Environment in the European Higher Education Area: Degree equivalence as a driving force for the international labor market. University of Maribor Rector Prof. Ivan Rozman, PhD
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EXPANDING EUROPE –JUBILEE RECTORS’ CONFERENCE,
Pécs, October 13, 2010
A New Cultural Environment in the European Higher Education Area: Degree equivalence as a driving force for the international labor
market.
University of MariborRector Prof. Ivan Rozman, PhD
Danube Region: Germany (Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria), Austria, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
The Danube River Basin is a diverse and complex macro-region,
consisting of 14 different countries and bringing together different:
• cultures• religions• historical backgrounds• opportunities for industrial and economic development• political systems and models of government• different approaches to EU policy (8 members of the
Danube Region are EU Member States, 6 are not.)
The diversity of countries located in the Danube
Region is both a challenge and an obstacle for
developing a common policy. In the Danube
Region, there are approximately 280 state
universities, which demonstrate enormous
potential and the need to develop a common
strategy on higher education.
The Mission of Modern Universities
UniversityUniversity
policy
artsscience- RDI
study programs
• In 1088, the first university in Europe, the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna was established, combining classical arts of grammar, rhetoric and logic.
• In 1999, Bologna provided all European universities with common principles, and it has thus profoundly influenced higher education in Europe in a crucial moment of becoming part of the globalization process.
• The complexity of the current situation requires universities to find new
ways of expression and functioning between traditional values and the awareness of changes and needs of the modern society.
• Mission statements of several universities already indicate changes in the profile of modern HE institutions and their tendency to cover a wider spectrum of the needs of society.
Cooperation Schemes of Universities
International Labor Market
(new) working posts in (inter)national economycompetitive advantage as a result of cooperation
between universities and the economy
study program development, student exchange, work placements…
research – development – innovation projects human resources(alumni )
• Important manner of cooperation in higher education.
• Degree equivalences and basic principles of the Bologna declaration in all study programs should be provided when creating joint degree programs.
• Due to different national legislation, we encounter numerous administrative barriers.
University Rankings
• recognized and traditional universities VS newly established universities
• It’s difficult to establish strong and stable connections between these universities.
• In terms of common projects, study programs and bilateral exchanges, universities with similar ranking positions are cooperating more easily.
• Rankings are important in order to identify universities’ strengths and weaknesses, facilitating reforms and launching new initiatives.
• Every university is aiming at an internal monitoring system of excellence and quality.
• Based on the positive response to the Report on Merit Rating Indicators at Faculties of the University of Maribor for the period 2003-2006, the University of Maribor has decided to revalue the merit rating of UM members for the period 2004-2008.
• Negative outcomes should act as an incentive to achieve better results, while positive ones should present a challenge of getting to the top (compare & competition).
• ranking brand name greater knowledge better jobs higher salaries
• ARWU - Academic Ranking of World Universities- founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University- comparing 1200 higher education institutions worldwide - since 2003• THE - Times Higher Education (formerly THES The Times Higher
Education Supplement)- weekly London-based magazine and United Kingdom's leading higher
education news publication for World Higher Education- magazine since 1971, Times Higher Education World University Rankings
since 2004• CHE - Centre for Higher Education Development - most comprehensive and detailed ranking of higher education institutions
(HEIs) in German-speaking countries- comparing 132 universities in 154 other higher education institutions
(Fachhochschulen)- since 1998• Webometrics- since 2004- comparing 20,000 higher education institutions
Most Famous Academic Rankings
• Cultural, religious, economic and other obstacles present a challenge not only in the globalized world (Europe) but also in various regions.