EUROPEANIZATION IN GREEK HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF YOUTH AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE AGENDA. Relating to the Bologna Process 1. The system of evaluation and the assurance of quality in higher education: reaction and skepticism from the part of the university teachers body as well as from part of the political student organizations 2. The structure of academic degrees and the adoption of a system based on two main cycles: undergraduate and graduate

TOPICS OF GREEK INTEREST 1. The financing of higher education: from the existing 3,6 to the 5% of the national Budget improvement in infrastructure and academic books as well as elimination of the phenomenon of the “eternal students” 2. The public character of higher education-the establishment of private universities their objectives, the quality standards and the level of studies, the system of recognition of the degrees they award

TOPICS OF GREEK INTEREST 3. The examination system for the access in higher education: a series of reforms in the system of panellenic exams: the number of students doubled over the last decade yet the level of studies declining in relation to the past years 4. Increased unemployment rates among young scholars: the university degree no longer ensures a professional career. Increased demand for post-graduate studies. Great number of graduates turns to professions other than their subject of studies