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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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Veiga, Amelia; Amaral, Alberto – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
For several years Portuguese higher education institutions have been waiting for the legislation framework necessary for the implementation of the Bologna process. Such legislation was passed quite recently (2006) and has resulted in an unexpected flood of proposals presented at very short notice by higher education institutions to the Ministry.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Educational Legislation
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Santiago, Rui; Carvalho, Teresa; Amaral, Alberto; Meek, V. Lynn – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2006
Much of the writing on higher education in recent years has tended to assume that the new management push in higher education is both universal and irreversible. This paper, however, presents evidence from Portugal to challenge that assumption. While elements of the new managerialism are clearly evident in the perceptions and attitudes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Management, Higher Education, Universities
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Amaral, Alberto; Magalhaes, Antonio – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2004
This paper discusses the driving forces behind the Bologna process, its advantages and possible negative effects. It also analyses the dangers that may result in commoditisation of the European higher education systems, in emergence of rigid accreditation systems and of a centralised bureaucracy that will impair innovation and creativity. The…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Higher Education