European Higher Education Area and the Introduction of a Quality Assurance Program in Greek Universities: Is Policy-Oriented Learning Present?

• Main Authors: George Stamelos, Aggelos Kavasakalis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ljubljana 2013-09-01
• Series: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal
• Subjects: Greek higher education; Higher education policy; Policy analysis; Quality assurance
• Online Access: https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/234
• ISSN: 1855-9719; 2232-2647

This paper aims to investigate the production (or not) of policy-oriented learning during the establishment and implementation of a specific policy program in the policy sub-system of the Greek university as well as  the interpretation of the existence (or not) of policy-oriented learning. The theoretical tools were drawn mainly from the theoretical work of Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith, termed the ‘advocacy coalition framework (ACF)’. The Greek university is therefore considered to be a policy subsystem in which actors form coalition networks that share policy core beliefs and values, and engage in coordinated action in order to translate  these beliefs and values into public policy. Thirty-five semi-structured interviews were used for the production of data, in combination with policy paper analysis.