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Lumina to Continue With Project Bringing Bologna Process's Lessons to United States

Chronicle of Higher Education

June 4, 2010

Lumina is moving ahead with a project to delineate what academic degrees, such as bachelor's and master's, represent in actual skills and knowledge. The project grew out of its examination of whether the Bologna Process, Europe's decade-long effort to harmonize degree cycles and university systems, could have lessons for American higher education. Lumina is still evaluating the results of its look at Europe's changes, but is pleased enough with the initial results that it wants to move on to the next stage.

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