Internacionalização da educação superior: Processo de Bolonha

Abstract

The transition to the XXI Century has deeply changed relationships within society. Education is part of such process and, thus, the relationship between the process of unification of Europe itself and of its Higher Education is emblematic of such perception. This paper aims to bring about elements to understand the Bologna Process; analyzing aspects of its implementation; seeking for links between its characteristics and the goals and reasoning underlying that Process; and discuss likely impacts upon the Brazilian context. Our analysis indicates that as Europe aims to establish international partnerships to widen the scope of options for its higher education, one can assume that the agenda to be proposed tends to be screened by European interests. That, in its turn, requires some discussion and negotiation that foregrounds the notions of otherness and diversity, with the university fully performing its condition of privileged locus for critical, propositional and prospective analysis.