Rückblicke: Herausforderungen des Bologna-Prozesses. Neue Graduierungen (BA/MA) und die traditionelle Universität

Challenges of the Bologna process. New graduations (B.A./M.A.) and the traditional university The contribution enquires for the relation between new B.A./M.A. graduations and the system of traditional universities, which in Germany is closely connected with the name Wilhelm von Humboldt. Because the university has always been having an education function, today’s reform could by all means be legitimised by the classic idea of university. After a brief outline of the Bologna process and under consideration of disciplinary posing of questions of adult education, the author rather critically sums up the implementation that took place. Here many things have been implemented too quickly and with too much self-interest. Untouched by the criticism is the original aim perspective, to reach mobility, flexibility, competitiveness and employability through standardized courses of training and graduations.