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The Bologna Process And Its Impact In Europe: It's So Much More Than Degree Changes, Laurel S. Terry
The Bologna Process And Its Impact In Europe: It's So Much More Than Degree Changes, Laurel S. Terry
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The Bologna Process is a massive, multi-year project designed to create the "European Higher Education Area" by the year 2010. It began ten years ago, when four European Union(EU) countries signed a relatively vague declaration. It has grown to include forty-six countries, including all of the EU Member States and nineteen non-EU countries. The Bologna Process countries have agreed on ten "action lines" for restructuring European higher education. These action lines are nothing short of revolutionary--they address everything from a three-cycle degree system (e.g., bachelor-master's-doctorate degrees), European-wide quality assurance efforts, mobility of higher education students and staff, "recognition" in one …
Resolving The Dissonance Of Rodriguez And The Right To Education, Angela A. Holland
Resolving The Dissonance Of Rodriguez And The Right To Education, Angela A. Holland
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Education exists as a fundamental right recognized by countries worldwide. Overwhelming support for the right to education is reflected in international human rights instruments, including the International Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Notwithstanding a near global consensus on this issue, the United States has refused to recognize a federal right to education since the 1973 Supreme Court decision San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez. The ill-effects of Rodriguez linger today; glaring disparities continue to mar the educational prospects of women, minorities, and poor children in the United States. …