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for Croatian higher education reform since 2003, as well as its consequences. The main proposition of the paper is that the implementation of the Bologna Process in Croatia has failed due to a fundamental misunderstanding of the goals of the process, a lack of correspondence between the cycles of higher education and the European Qualifications Framework, and a lack of international pressure, resulting from the nature of the open method of coordination. The authors present the internal market rules of the European Union and how they affect the national regulation of higher education. The paper deals with the main characteristics of the higher education reform and how it has affected the structure of higher education programmes, the comparability of degrees and qualifications, and student mobility. The authors propose an agenda for a “reform of the reform” that could bring the Croatian system of higher education back onto the European track.  \nKeywords: Croatia, higher education, Bologna Process, open method of coordination, professional qualifications, quality assessment, services of general interest, market access  \n1 Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia  \n2 *Corresponding author. Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia [srodin@gmx.com](srodin@gmx.com)  \nNeuspešno reformiranje hrvaškega visokega šolstva  \nZoran Kurelić in Siniša Rodin*  \n• Avtorja analizirata vzroke za reforme visokega šolstva na Hrvaškem poletu 2003 in posledice teh reform. Temeljna trditev članka je, da je bila implementacija bolonjskega procesa na Hrvaškem neuspešna zaradi temeljnega nerazumevanja ciljev procesa, pomanjkanja usklajenosti medcikli visokošolskega izobraževanja in evropskim ogrodjem kvalifikacij ter zaradi pomanjkanja mednarodnega pritiska, ki izhaja iz narave t. i. odprte metode koordinacije. Avtorja predstavita pravila notranjega trga v Evropski uniji in njihov vpliv na nacionalno urejanje visokega šolstva. Obravnavane so glavne značilnosti reform visokega šolstva ter njihov vpliv na strukturo visokošolskih študijskih programov, primerljivost stopenj in kvalifikacij ter mobilnost študentov. Avtorja predlagata agendo za »reformo reforme«, ki bi hrvaški sistem visokega šolstva lahkovrnila na evropsko pot.  \nKljučne besede: Hrvaška, visoko šolstvo, bolonjski proces, odprtametoda koordinacije, strokovne kvalifikacije, vrednotenje kakovosti, storitve v splošnem interesu, dostop do trga  \nIntroduction  \nIt is no longer a secret that the implementation of the Bologna Process in Croatia has gone wrong.3 The higher education reform displays a significant level of anti-liberal conservative statism, which has support in parts of the academic community and in both leading parties: SDP (Social Democratic Party) and HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) . In essence, policymakers resist the Bologna Process and Europeanisation, hoping to retain the old academic and political arrangements. The system created by the reform is a bastard combining some elements of the old system with some concepts ofthe Bologna Process in a model that is in sync with neither the European surroundings nor Croatian society. The most obvious problems are: the destruction of the two Bologna cycles, the total lack of interdisciplinary Master’s programmes (such as gender studies or European studies), bizarre degrees such as ˝Postgraduate Specialist˝, which are some sort of post-Master Master, and the frightening fact that the key degree of the reform, the Bachelor of Arts, does not even guarantee decent employability, as Croatian law recognises a Master’s degree as a full qualification, not a Bachelor’s degree. The fatal (politically motivated) decision to turn all pre-Bologna diploma holders into Bologna Master’s degree holders by law opened a can of worms that was not fully anticipated by the policymakers responsible. What they did not kno","cbCaio9TThv63K3H","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio9TThv63K3H","pdf",179687,24,"English","# Introduction\n## Main proposition and core failures\n## Objectives and paper structure","[{\"question\":\"Why does the paper claim the Bologna Process implementation in Croatia failed?\",\"answer\":\"It attributes failure to misunderstanding the process goals, weak correspondence between higher education cycles and the European Qualifications Framework, and insufficient international pressure stemming from the open method of coordination.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the reform affect higher education programmes and qualifications?\",\"answer\":\"The paper describes changes that disrupted Bologna cycles, created limited interdisciplinary Master’s offerings, produced unusual degree titles, and undermined employability and degree comparability.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do EU internal market rules play in the national regulation of higher education?\",\"answer\":\"The paper explains that internal market rules influence national regulation, shaping how the reform was implemented and contributing to outcomes contrary to the intended European alignment.\"}]","Failure of the Croatian Higher Education Reform - Reform of the Bologna Process | PDF",1792087819]