Today's guest is Andrée Sursock, a higher education consultant and Senior Advisor to the European Universities Association. She's here to take us on a guided tour of the French system and its history and also to describe the rapid pace of reforms that have taken place over the last two decades, in particular through the presidencies of Nicolas Sarkozy and Emmanuel Macron.

Past episodes referenced:
1.10: Autonomy Scorecard

Books referenced:
Academic Star Wars, Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective
Edited by Jamil Salmi, Philip Altbach, Maria Yudkevich