Diversity of Higher Education in Europe and the Findings of a Comparative Study of the Academic Profession

Abstract

The author of this article suggests here that there are three highly influential political approaches as regards the extent and the character of diversity in higher education in Europe in the first decade of the twenty-first century. All three are strongly pursued, interact de facto and contribute to increased controversy and tension in higher education in Europe. The first approach might be named the Bologna approach . The second approach might be called the world-class university approach or ranking approach The third approach might be named managerial approach ** in germany mobility is "more or less a “must”" (940)