This text discusses the changes in European higher education systems after the so-called Bologna Process. The first part presents and discusses the "communiqués" signed by European ministers of education who joined the process that characterizes the proposed reform: adoption of an educational system based on three cycles (bachelor, master, and doctoral studies); establishment of a Credit Transfer and Accumulation System; facilitating mobility; creation of the European Space for Higher Education, among others. The second part discusses the evaluation and accreditation/certification as means for development and quality assurance for higher education. Finally, it approaches the issue of continuing education as a challenge to higher education institutions and an opportunity to broaden access.
Bologna Process; higher education in Europe; Evaluation; Accreditation; Continuing education; Quality of higher education