This book presents a critical analysis of the implementation of the Bologna Process, its achievements and consequences, as well as its failures and lack of convergence problems. Over the last decade the implementation of the Bologna Process, an ambitious reform of European higher education systems, has attracted attention from politicians, academics, students and scholars in higher education policy. Taking Portugal as a case study, the book includes an analysis of the perceptions and the practices, formed at the institutional level in respect of the key objectives laid down at the European level, namely employability, mobility and attractiveness.

Autorentext
Cristina Sin is a research fellow at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. Previously, she worked at Lancaster University, UK, as a Research Associate and at the Higher Education Academy, UK with educational projects aimed at improving higher education learning and teaching.
Amélia Veiga is a researcher at the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal and at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal.
Alberto Amaral is a professor at the University of Porto, Portugal and a researcher at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. He is life-member of IAUP and member of the Board of IMHE/OECD. At present he is the chair of the administration council of the Portuguese Assessment and Accreditation Agency for Higher Education.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- PART I: POLICY.- Chapter 2. General Issues of European Policy.- Chapter 3. European Higher Education Policies.- Chapter 4. Bologna Process Implementation Problems.- Chapter 5. Bologna Objectives and their Fulfilment.- PART II: PRACTICE: THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BOLOGNA OBJECTIVES IN PORTUGAL.- Chapter 6. National Legislation and Conditions for Implementation.- Chapter 7. Employability.- Chapter 8. Mobility.- Chapter 9. Attractiveness and Internationalisation.- PART III: FINAL ANALYSIS IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE.- Chapter 10. Bologna Implementation and its Objectives: Final Analysis in a Comparative Perspective.