The Bologna Process and Its Effects on U.S. Graduate Education: The View from the Heartland.

This paper will explore the impact of the "Bologna Process" of standardizing graduate education throughout Europe on universities--and especially graduate schools--in the Midwest United States. The first of a series of papers on the changing nature of the relationship between the EU and the U.S. in international education, this particular paper places the Bologna Process in historical context, examining previous European attempts to harmonize the regulatory environment with respect to education and comparing them to traditional U.S. international education efforts. The piece addresses specifically these impacts on the University of Kansas, a major research university located in the geographic heart of the U.S. Based on this in-depth case study, the paper draws some preliminary conclusions as well as set forth questions to be used as part of a survey instrument of institutions of higher education in the Midwest. Findings from this survey will be published in a forthcoming paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]