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Drawing on the case of Nord University and reforms between 1998 and 2010, it analyzes shifts in decision-making power, institutional missions, and autonomy types. 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With a relatively young higher education system, Norway was ahead of most European countries in implementing the Bologna Process and reforms indirectly linked to it. Due to path dependencies and the Higher Education Institutions being, to a certain extent, autonomous and carriers of their own culture, we cannot draw conclusions at the local level without empirical studies.  \nTherefore, the case of Nord University shows us how this process directly and indirectly affected Higher Education Institutions in Norway. The Higher Education Institutions (HEI) integrated horizontally in an education system that was increasingly hierarchical and competitive. The need for standardisation in order to secure equality and efficiency, and the demand for greater autonomy in the HEIs was answered by strengthening some and weakening other forms of institutional autonomy along with the establishment of anew accreditation system. Three dimensions of autonomy are touched on in this study.  \nFirstly, the question of who has decision-making power in the HEIs defines whether they are ruled by professional or administrative autonomy. Secondly, the question of the HEIs’ mission is decided either by the HEI itself, representing substantive autonomy, or by external demands on production and external funding, representing what I call beneficial autonomy. Finally, the question of how the HEIs fulfil their mission decides whether they have individual autonomy or procedural autonomy. In the last case, the HEIs are given external frameworks, which, to a great extent, define how they are to carry out their mission in order to succeed. The development of higher education in Norway shows how the introduction of the accreditation system hampered different types of institutional autonomy and strengthened others, a development that also brought dilemmas and tensions related to academic freedom. The Bologna Process played the role of both supplier of terms and a catalyst for these dilemmas. One of the consequences in Norway was a development where former colleges gained university status, among them Nord University (University of Nordland) in 2011.  \nKeywords: Bologna, Higher education, Norway, Nord University, HEI autonomy.  \nIntroduction  \nThe European integration of higher education, which gained momentum from the 1960s onwards, has resulted in extensive national change processes. However, in relation to previous national higher education reforms, the reforms that have taken place in the wake of the Bologna Process, have been marked by a higher pace (Witte, Wende, & Huisman, 2008, p. 229). This made room for a greater degree of change than that anticipated by North’s model from 1990 (North, 1990). Analyses of these national change processes must include the influence of supranational organisations in order to present the whole picture (Gumport, 2008, p. 26; Zgaga, Teichler, Schuetze, & Wolter, 2010, p. 14; Kyvik, 2009, p. 23). It is  \n􀀍 Senior Lecturer, Nord University, Bodø, Norway.  \n[https://doi.org/10.30958/aje.7-4-3](https://doi.org/10.30958/aje.7-4-3) doi=10.30958/aje.7-4-3  \nalso relevant, according to Gammelsæter, to take a closer look at countries outside Europe that have a hegemonic influence on these developments, such as the USA. However, that is outside the scope of this article (Gammelsæter, 2002, p. 10). The OECD and the EU have played key roles, both as drivers of and agenda setters for European development (Maassen & Olsen, 2007; Gornitzka & Langfeldt 2008; Witte, Wende & Huisman, 2008; Kyvik, 2009).  \nThe OECD’s recommendations are based on empirical data and thus have a high degree of legitimacy (Gammelsæter, 2002, p. 10). This organisation has played","cbCaij01ledr6WiT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij01ledr6WiT","pdf",460788,"English","# Introduction\n# Literature Review","[{\"question\":\"How does the study explain the Bologna Process’ impact on European higher education?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that the Bologna Process strongly influenced European higher education development, but the largest effects came from national reforms introduced alongside it rather than from the process alone.\"},{\"question\":\"What dimensions of autonomy are analyzed in relation to HEIs in Norway?\",\"answer\":\"The study discusses autonomy through decision-making power (professional vs administrative), the origin of the HEI’s mission (substantive vs beneficial autonomy), and how the mission is fulfilled (individual vs procedural autonomy under external frameworks).\"},{\"question\":\"Why is Nord University used as a case, and what changes are highlighted?\",\"answer\":\"Bodø University College becoming a university is used because reforms had unintended local consequences, and developments were often driven by institutions with lower status. 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