Higher Education in Armenia Today: a Focused Review

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On November 14 at 14.15 pm at the Congress Hotel Ballroom Hall, The Open Society Foundations – Armenia will be presenting the report on Higher Education in Armenia Today: a Focused Review conducted by the CEU Higher Education Observatory.

You can read the report in full here.

The report was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation Armenia in early 2013 and presents the findings and conclusions of an independent review of higher education in Armenia. As a focused review, it specifically looked at the course of reforms since Armenia has joined the Bologna process in 2005 and at the relationship between higher education and the development of an open society.

The event will begin with opening remarks from OSF-Armenia Executive Director, Larisa Minasyan. Then the floor will be given to the research team, Mr. Liviu Matei, Ms. Julia Iwinska from Central European University and Mr. Koen Geven from European University Institute, who will present the findings and conclusions of the report. As an independent review of higher education in Armenia, the report is based on research conducted between December 2012 and July 2013, and includes all types of higher education institutions operating in Armenia; public, private, and intergovernmental/international

The event will conclude with a public discussion involving the education, civil society and donor communities, around issues raised in the report and possible ways of addressing them.

Representatives from the RA Ministry of Education and Science, related educational institutions, representatives from public and state universities, faculty and students, representatives of international organizations, civil society and media representatives have been invited to attend the event.