November 18, 2005

3-Year Degrees Prove Controversial in U.S.

By REBECCA ARONAUER

American graduate programs remain divided over how to evaluate applicants from European universities who hold the three-year bachelor's degrees that are the new standard on that side of the Atlantic, according to a survey by the Council of Graduate Schools.

The degrees were instituted as part of the Bologna Process, a plan intended to harmonize academic practices in Europe and improve academic mobility across the continent. Forty-five countries have signed on to the plan, which

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