CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Jibladze, Elene |
|---|---|
| Title | Suspended development: Institutional transformation and lack of improvement in the higher education system of post-revolution Georgia |
| Summary | This dissertation investigates system change in higher education (HE) in the region undergoing post-Soviet transition. It pays attention to the reforms that represent instances of transnational policy and institutional transfer into national contexts. Specifically, the research looks at the reforms that have been launched in accordance with the educational model promoted by the Bologna Process and contests its outcomes. The HE reform process in post-revolution Georgia that was guided by the Bologna Process serves as an illuminating case in this regard, as it has reached an institutional proximity to the Western HE systems to a higher degree than any other post-Soviet country that is part of the Bologna Process. Nevertheless, the institutional reforms have not translated into actual improvements of the HE system. The dissertation argues that transnational institutional transfer only symbolically reforms the HE systems in the countries of post-Soviet transition. New institutions lack substance and remain decoupled, suspending the system’s development. |
| Supervisor | Matei, Liviu |
| Department | School of Public Policy PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/jibladze_elene.pdf |
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