AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA AND BRICS: THE WAY FORWARD
While BRICS countries do not formally have a common area of higher education modeled on the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), official attempts have been made to deepen cooperation in this domain. Nevertheless, authors studying the EHEA tend to omit recommending formulas and pathways derived from the European experience of building a common expanse of higher education for the BRICS members (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Thus, we have aimed to study the case of Armenia - a country undergoing integration into the EHEA, through the lens of the feedback and perceptions of eight local education experts with substantial experience in higher education and/or educational management, international programs to advance the discussion of the suitability of the European model for BRICS