Constructed World Culture Instruments for European Higher Education Area Global Diffusion
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| Title: | Constructed World Culture Instruments for European Higher Education Area Global Diffusion |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Elizabeth Agbor Eta (ORCID |
| Source: | Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 2025 55(5):757-774. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Educational Change, Educational Policy, International Cooperation |
| Geographic Terms: | Europe |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03057925.2024.2314020 |
| ISSN: | 0305-7925 1469-3623 |
| Abstract: | Global educational reforms and policy trends suggest a growing convergence in educational systems worldwide, often attributed to the culturally embedded nature of nation-states and world-society models. However, in this article, we argue that these explanations are insufficient to fully account for the global diffusion of certain policies, as they often overlook the influential role of powerful actors in global policy dissemination. We analyse the European Bologna Process (BP) as a global case, highlighting instruments devised by the EHEA actors to actively promote BP reforms and philosophies worldwide. Drawing on World Culture Theory and analysing 25 BP documents, we argue that education policy diffusion occurs because of a well-coordinated structure and established instruments by policy actors for global policy dissemination. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1476097 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Global educational reforms and policy trends suggest a growing convergence in educational systems worldwide, often attributed to the culturally embedded nature of nation-states and world-society models. However, in this article, we argue that these explanations are insufficient to fully account for the global diffusion of certain policies, as they often overlook the influential role of powerful actors in global policy dissemination. We analyse the European Bologna Process (BP) as a global case, highlighting instruments devised by the EHEA actors to actively promote BP reforms and philosophies worldwide. Drawing on World Culture Theory and analysing 25 BP documents, we argue that education policy diffusion occurs because of a well-coordinated structure and established instruments by policy actors for global policy dissemination. |
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| ISSN: | 0305-7925 1469-3623 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03057925.2024.2314020 |
