Erasmus isn't just an EU programme. It is an institutionalised expression of a genuinely modern phenomenon - travel abroad for the sake of it.
#Erasmus #Brexit
#Erasmus #Brexit
In this sense, the emergence of Erasmus marked a historical continuation of an increasingly more common practice, which - much like higher education itself - had once been the privilege of the elite few.
Clearly, neither Erasmus nor today's higher education, in Europe or elsewhere, are bastions of equal opportunity. However, Erasmus has always been an effort in that direction.
https://twitter.com/GlobalHigherEd/status/1342143340079415298?s=20
Yet in many ways, today's events are reminiscent of the historical circumstances which gave rise to what is often considered the forerunner of the Erasmus programme - The Grand Tour. 
We've come a long way since those days...
theconversation.com/how-the-young-…
theconversation.com/how-the-young-…
Erasmus itself, as @annecorb showed in her brilliant book "Universities and the Europe of Knowledge," did not come out of the blue.
Rather, it was a result of decades of work and persistent policy entrepreneurship.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.105…
Rather, it was a result of decades of work and persistent policy entrepreneurship.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.105…
It is a sad day indeed, when a government decides - practically on a whim - to change the course of history in this way.
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