Higher Education in Kosovo: Major Changes, Reforms, and Development Trends in the Post-Conflict Period at the University of Prishtina

Abstract

In this paper the author investigates the developments that took place at the University of Prishtina since the end of the conflict in 1999. It starts with a historical background on the University of Prishtina, and continues with the major changes during the past five years including the Declaration of Bologna. Included in this discussion are some insights on the major reforms at the University of Prishtina, and some of the problems that the university professors and other local stakeholders have faced in grasping the reforms. The paper highlights the need for local ownership of the reforms as the first step toward pushing the process further.