Conference Session

Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Murphy; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering and technologyeducation. The first section of this paper describes the meaning and rationale behindeach of the Bologna objectives, and why there is a need to establish a European areaof higher education. It also comments on how these objectives are interpreted withineducational institutions. The second section provides a mid-term report on theimplementation status within European universities, focussed primarily onengineering and technology education. The third section of this paper describes theissues associated with successfully implementing Bologna in engineering andtechnology education. These include critical issues such as degree structure, howeducational institutions are addressing the two-cycle requirement, the employabilityof