I'm not going to the Global Forum on Management Education in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chile</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The program seems somewhat constrained anyway:
http://www.globalforum2005.org/program.htm
The session I probably would wander into if I were there is:
The Potential Impact of the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bologna</st1:place></st1:city> Accord on Global Management Education
Panelist #3: Mauro Meda, ASFOR Associazione per la formazione alla Direzione Aziendale. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Overview: The Italian System of Higher Education before the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bologna</st1:place></st1:city> declaration: comparison between the University System and the ASFOR System. The reform of the <st1:placename w:st="on">Italian</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> System as a consequence of the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bologna</st1:place></st1:city> Accord: analysis of the innovation implemented. The impact on the post degree education has been a huge increase in the offer of University Masters The role of ASFOR to ensure the quality of higher education offer through the ASFOR Master Accreditation Process. First responses of the Labour Market.
This got me thinking about the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bologna</st1:place></st1:city> Accord on Global Management Education.
I found out at:
http://www.gmac.com/gmac/VirtualLibrary/Publications/GMNews/2005/JanFeb/BolognaAccord.htm
which is also: http://tinyurl.com/dpmvj
that: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> business schools need to be aware of and prepared for the reforms, as well, because soon the results will affect their applicant pools. .... Together, the reforms represent an opportunity for Continental European graduate management education programs to challenge the more mature <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.K.</st1:place></st1:country-region> programs' market share. .... Under the European Credit Accumulation and Transfer System (ECTS), a bachelor's degree can be earned in three years, so business school admissions officers should be prepared to consider European three-year bachelor's degrees as equivalent to American four-year undergraduate degrees. .... The <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bologna</st1:place></st1:city> Accord will reduce the amount of government educational funds spent per student (shorter degrees are less expensive) and is also likely to shift some of the cost of higher education to the students themselves. Presented with this new reality, European students may well decide to spend their educational funds outside their home countries. This could mean that more European students will apply to schools in European countries other than their countries of citizenship. It may also mean that more European graduates will apply to master's programs in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>, seeking a more established MBA market. .... If every degree-granting institution in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> establishes three graduate management degrees, it is estimated that 12,000 programs will fight for students. .... Germany, for example, is trying to attract students from the U.K., promising low costs, an excellent social life, and a low cost of living.
The report itself is at:
http://www.gmac.com/gmac/VirtualLibrary/Tools/BolognaTaskForceReleasesReport.htm
Though I'm not ready to read it.
CNN quotes IMD as saying that that schools secret of success will be a focus on issues such as growth, globalization and sustainability.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/08/15/execed.europe/
Cybercollegially,
Charles
http://management-education/