EIRP Proceedings, Vol 2 (2007)

Abstract

The United States is a large country with five time zones, over 300 million people—a country
that is as diverse as any country can be. Anyone who is familiar with the US will know that it is
impossible to get unanimity among Americans on any subject. Hence, it is unlikely that anyone can
speak accurately on a unanimous American perspective on the integration of European Higher
Education systems. What we would likely have is a multiplicity of opinions, some protagonists, some
antagonists, and yet many more completely indifferent to or unaware of efforts to integrate European
higher education systems. Given this, what is presented here is a perspective, one out of many, but it
can be seen as validly American because it reflects the interest of the United States with regard to
competition for students and research talents as well as worldwide recognition of the US as the home
for the bastions of knowledge.