El Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior y su sello de calidad.

María Matarranz

doi:10.5944/reec.37.2021.27728

Authors

María Matarranz Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.37.2021.27728

Keywords:

European Higher Education Area, Supranational Policies of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Quality

Abstract

Two decades have passed from the Sorbonne Declaration in 1999 to the present day, a period of time in which we have witnessed the great changes that have occurred in higher education systems in many countries of the world, specifically the countries belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

Four countries started by signing the 1999 Declaration, today there are already forty-eight countries involved in the EHEA.

In this article, a tour of the milestones that have been shaping and kneading the EHEA is made, addressing the most relevant issues addressed in the different meetings of the ministers of higher education. Next, we will stop at one of the most relevant indicators of the EHEA: the quality assurance systems that, because of the Bologna Process, have been deployed both at the supranational and national levels. We will make an overview of the implementation of educational quality in the countries. Finally, we will reflect on the impact that the perspective of educational quality has had in the countries of the European Higher Education Area.

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Author Biography

María Matarranz, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)

Doctorate in Education from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She is a professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Education at the Madrid Distance University (UDIMA). She is a member of the Research Group on "Supranational Educational Policies". Deputy Director of the Journal of Supranational Policies of Education. Contact information: E-mail: maria.matarranz@udima.es

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