The adaptation of the Spanish university system to the new social demands: from objectives to reforms

Abstract

There is a high consensus about which owe are objectives of the reforms that should drive in our country to the adjustment to the European Higher education Area. But the consensus is weaker on measures to be taken. Beyond the process of implementation of new qualifications are still many uncertainties about the change of curriculum model and required teaching culture. The aim of this paper is to analyse changes that is supposing and will suppose for Spanish universities the adaptation process to the EHEA. We are centring the analysis not so much in the formal reforms as in the processes of actual change. We focus special attention to implications that have, both to organizational level and to teaching level, needs derived from the curriculum model of the EHEA. Thanks to this analysis, the article concludes with an identification of key factors that we consider very relevant for this process but have not been solved yet. These questions must be decided in the next few months.