Higher education in Algeria following the reforms

7 List of contributors 13 Tribute to Professor Hadj Miliani Rabeh SEBAA 15 Introduction Mohamed MILIANI 19 Rebuilding the Algerian university Malik MEBARKI 41 The 2010 and 2020 codes of ethics: continuity or a fresh start? Nabil ABOU-BEKR 57 The bachelor’s degree holder: an ‘entry point’ to the university system Fatma-Fatiha FERHANI-MEGHRAOUI 87 The Bologna Process and the BSc-MSc-PhD system in Algeria: convergence, contradictions and paradoxes Abdelkader DJEFLAT 105 Quality Assurance in Higher Education: change amidst a turbulent journey Mohammed Amine ALLAL 119 Universities and Covid-19: a lack of preparation in teaching and management Mohamed MILIANI 135 Student life in higher education in Algeria: Quality, Integration and Mobility Mohamed Saib MUSETTE Yasmine MUSETTE 151 Obsolescence of Text Corpora and Changing Teaching Expectations in Literature: The Case of English Sidi Mohamed LAKHDAR BARKA 167 The Algerian University in the Making. Interview between Mohamed MEBARKI and Rabeh SEBAA 183 Glossary 191 Index of Terms

This book attempts to examine the various issues raised by the implementation of the 2004 LMD reform. The diverse contributions demonstrate the multitude of problems that different stakeholders in universities have had to resolve. Through all the themes addressed, the book offers specific reflections on questions as varied as the future direction of the university, the need to refound the university, the Bologna Process, input, curriculum, quality, ethics, responses to the pedagogical management of the pandemic, and student life. This study draws on the research and experiences of academics at varying levels of responsibility. The book invites readers to understand the full complexity of this undertaking by adopting a critical yet constructive stance toward a different kind of university, the contours of which have been defined by the forthcoming Law on the Orientation of the Higher Education and Scientific Research Sector.