| Abstract: | Abstract: The main argument of this paper emanates from understanding
that harmonization of higher education is a systematic and collective effort
of different internal and external stakeholders including public authorities,
universities, employers, quality assurance agencies, international
organizations, and institutions, including regional bodies like the African
Union. This paper attempted to analyze the concept of harmonization in
particular reference to higher education by looking at different regional
experiences. This paper also examined the situation of Ethiopian
harmonization of higher education which ought to be essentially a process
that recognizes the significance of regional education cooperation and the
importance of establishing higher education space in which activities and
interactions in higher education, mobility, and employment opportunities can
be easily facilitated and increased in the region. Finally, the paper finishes
with some possible suggestions in the implementation of harmonization of
the internal structure of the Ethiopian higher education as pre- condition for
regional cooperation. |
