Higher aspirations: an agenda for reforming European universities
Higher aspirations: an agenda for reforming European universities
Higher aspirations: an agenda for reforming European universities
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EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />
• Increasing the funding <strong>for</strong> <strong>universities</strong>: it would make sense gradually to raise<br />
<strong>an</strong>nual expenditure on higher education by one percent of Europe<strong>an</strong> Union GDP<br />
over the next ten years;<br />
• Increasing university autonomy: autonomy <strong>an</strong>d funding are mutually rein<strong>for</strong>cing<br />
factors;<br />
• Increasing mobility <strong>an</strong>d competition: the EU level should foster mobility <strong>for</strong> students<br />
<strong>an</strong>d faculty <strong>an</strong>d promote the development of autonomous <strong>an</strong>d competitive<br />
graduate schools.<br />
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