Presenter: Agata A. Lambrechts, Institute of Communication and Public Policy, Università della Svizzera italiana Discussant: Thomas Heinze, University of Wuppertal, Germany Abstract In this presentation, we offer a descriptive and analytical account of the impact of the “key pillar of the European Education Area” – the European Universities initiative -on the European higher education sector in light of the long-standing debate about horizontal diversity and vertical differentiation of higher education. We note that the effects…
