Political Priorities and Political Campaigns in Higher Education. Interview with Professor Ulrich Teichler

Abstract

The editors of the Voprosy obrazovaniya have interviewed Ulrich Teichler, professor at the International Center for Higher Education Research Kassel, participant in the Conference of Higher Education Researchers held in October 2014 in Moscow. The interview discussed the influence that top priority topics examined by the educational community had on the state of things in other areas of the higher education system; the problem of stated and concealed aims of education initiatives; the prospects of university ranking as the most debated aspect of higher education politics today.

Keywords

• interview
• politics in higher education
• rankings
• higher education
• horizontal diversification
• bologna process