Not a Bunch of Bologna: Reforms in German Higher Education
10:00 a.m., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008
Webster Hall Auditorium
Admission: free

Today, institutions of higher education in Germany are faced with implementing the most significant reforms in more than 50 years in the development of a common “European space for higher education.” The so-called “Bologna-Process” was launched in 1999 to accelerate scientific progress at European universities, which should provide a strong impetus for the expected technological and economic changes in society. German universities are having to restructure their entire study programs and introduce a system of undergraduate and postgraduate levels (Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees that many European countries did not have before) with curricula that are future-oriented and follow common international standards.

Professor Gerhard Mammen has been president of MSSU’s partner university in Bavaria, the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, since 2003. He is a professor of economics, focusing on international economics and globalization. He has a Ph. D. in economics from the University of Hamburg.