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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author AGASISTI, Tommaso (BOLLI, Thomas)
Title The impact of the Bologna Reform on the productivity of Swiss universities / Tommaso Agasisti ; Thomas Bolli
Publication year 2013
Source/Footnote In: Higher education quarterly. - 67 (2013) 4, S. 374 - 397
Inventory number 35422
Keywords Bologna-Prozess ; Ausland : Schweiz : Hochschulwesen allgemein
Abstract The Bologna reform aims to enhance several dimensions of the universities' activities, by favouring mobility and mutual recognition of higher education degrees across Europe, with the objective to create a European Higher Education Area. The radical changes induced by the Bologna Process affect universities' productivity both directly (for example, implementation costs, curriculum streamlining, evaluation intensity) and indirectly (for example, the ability to attract more students and higher levels of competition among institutions). The decentralised organisation of the Swiss university sector provides an ideal setting to test this hypothesis, as the panel data of departments permits the consideration of the unobserved heterogeneity across both universities and scientific fields. The empirical results support the claim that the Bologna reform enhances university productivity. Furthermore, there is no evidence of substantial costs of the system transformation. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)