The Experience of Albanian Universities in Managing Student and Staff Mobility
MEHMETI, ELONA (2006)
MEHMETI, ELONA
2006
Hallintotiede - Administrative Science
Kauppa- ja hallintotieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Economics and Administration
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2006-08-30
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https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-16821
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-16821
Tiivistelmä
Mobility of students and staff is a well-known process, which has been present since the Middle Ages, when students and academics traveled from one part of the world to the other to obtain education. During the last century, the concept of mobility has changed. It is especially after the Second World War that Europe decided to contribute to the mobility of students and staff through different mobility programs. Consequently, the aim of mobility has changed from mobility that brought only individual advantages to a more complex form of mobility, which initiated changes in the curriculum, institutional change and at the same time has helped to launch a European identity.
This thesis focuses on the change of the concept of mobility. This study emphasizes the role of the mobility process in Albanian higher education during the years 1992-1999, and it attempts to analyze this process and the nature mobility had.
The second part of this study, the thesis focuses on the Bologna Agreement and on the importance mobility has in the Bologna process. Besides, the advantages that the Bologna process gives to mobility of students and staff by overcoming legal barriers, I tried to point out also the obstacles that universities in Albania face in implementing mobility within the Bologna framework. The conclusion of this thesis is that the Bologna agreement represents an opportunity for Albanian universities, because the mobility process will be both ways and this fact influences universities on different levels, such as curriculum, management etc. However, for the success of this process, support from legislation, policies, and funding sources is necessary.
In this regard, it is important that all the actors, for instance, the government, higher education institutions, the community, student organizations etc have to be involved in promoting and sustaining mobility, because this process will provide important feedback to the institutions on different levels in the long run.
Key words: Student mobility, Staff mobility, Barriers, Bologna Agreement, Albania
This thesis focuses on the change of the concept of mobility. This study emphasizes the role of the mobility process in Albanian higher education during the years 1992-1999, and it attempts to analyze this process and the nature mobility had.
The second part of this study, the thesis focuses on the Bologna Agreement and on the importance mobility has in the Bologna process. Besides, the advantages that the Bologna process gives to mobility of students and staff by overcoming legal barriers, I tried to point out also the obstacles that universities in Albania face in implementing mobility within the Bologna framework. The conclusion of this thesis is that the Bologna agreement represents an opportunity for Albanian universities, because the mobility process will be both ways and this fact influences universities on different levels, such as curriculum, management etc. However, for the success of this process, support from legislation, policies, and funding sources is necessary.
In this regard, it is important that all the actors, for instance, the government, higher education institutions, the community, student organizations etc have to be involved in promoting and sustaining mobility, because this process will provide important feedback to the institutions on different levels in the long run.
Key words: Student mobility, Staff mobility, Barriers, Bologna Agreement, Albania