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Admission of European Students Questionnaire
Overview
A survey of over 90 self-selected U.S. and Canadian admissions professionals was completed in the spring and early summer of 2004. Margit Schatzman of Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. and Linda Tobash of the Institute of International Education conducted this informal survey to get a sense of the level of knowledge and issues related to the Bologna Declaration and admission of European students to North American institutions of higher education. The results have been used to promote exchange of information on the Bologna Declaration and to further dialog between U.S. and European international education professionals.
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Summary of Results
Respondents represented:
• Over 90 U.S. & Canadian admissions professionals
• Public & private institutions
• International enrollments from 20-5000
• European enrollments representing less than 10-40% of foreign student population
Differences in domestic and foreign admission requirements:
Respondents indicated the following
• No significant difference, except in English language requirements
• Bachelor’s degree required of both domestic and foreign students for graduate admissions
Definition of bachelor’s degree:
• Awarded by a degree-granting institution
• Other characteristics varied
• Length of domestic bachelor’s degree:
o four years (74%)
o three years (26%)
• Length of foreign bachelor’s degree:
o four years (68%)
o three years 32%)
Current Knowledge of the Bologna Declaration:
• Familiar with Bologna Declaration and understand its general goals: (34%)
• Have heard of Bologna Declaration but don’t know much about it: (35%)
• Not familiar with Bologna Declaration: (30%)
Current Understanding of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and Diploma Supplement
• Majority of respondents are familiar with ECTS
• Fewer respondents are familiar with the Diploma Supplement
Survey Themes
• Hope that changes brought about by the Bologna Declaration, especially the ECTS and Diploma Supplement, will make credential evaluation easier
• Higher level of consistency expected
• Greater ease in obtaining information expected
• Concern about evaluation of three-year degrees for graduate admissions
• Interest in how secondary education relates to degree structure & equivalence
• Need for more information on Bologna Declaration implementation
Other Activities
NAFSA: Association of International Educators has recently created a Task Force on the Bologna Process to examine ways to promote, in the U.S. higher education community, a greater understanding of the Bologna Declaration and its impact on higher education reform in Europe as well as transatlantic exchange, and to facilitate greater dialogue between U.S. and European constituents. The Task Force is comprised of U.S. and European members. For more information on the Task Force contact Margit Schatzman, a co-chair of the Task Force, at margit@ece.org.
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