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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Accreditation of Engineering Programmes: European Perspectives and Challenges in a Global Context
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Augusti, Giuliano – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
The EUR-ACE Socrates-Tempus project (September 2004/March 2006) proposed a decentralized European system for accreditation of engineering programmes in the "Bologna process" area (European Higher Education Area) at the First and Second Cycle (FC and SC) level (but including "Integrated Programmes", i.e. programmes leading directly to a SC degree).…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Accreditation (Institutions), Foreign Countries
Transnational Recognition and Accreditation of Engineering Educational Programmes in Europe: Perspectives in a Global Framework
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Augusti, Giuliano – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
In a previous paper the author described the present situation and recent advances regarding accreditation of engineering programmes in Europe. This paper contains an attempt at examining perspectives from a global viewpoint. While the variety of educational approaches within European higher education is to be considered a great asset of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualifications, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Trans-National Recognition and Accreditation of Engineering Educational Programmes in Europe: Recent Developments
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Augusti, Giuliano – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2005
The "Bologna Process", started in 1998/99 with the Sorbonne and Bologna Declarations and now involving 40 countries, aims at establishing by 2010 the "European Higher Education Area", based on "a system of easily readable and comparable degrees". The actual implementation of this process and its relevance for the European labour market requires a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Tuning Engineering Education into the European Higher Education Orchestra.
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Maffioli, Francesco; Augusti, Giuliano – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2003
The 'Bologna Process' promotes fundamental changes throughout European higher education. The EC 'Tuning' project was set up to investigate the feasibility of this process. Summarizes the final report of the Engineering Synergy Group which examined the 'tuning' of engineering education (EE), taking advantage of the work of previous and current…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Trends, Engineering Education