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Continuing Higher Education and Lifelong Learning

An international comparative study on structures, organisation and provisions

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Editors:
  1. Michaela Knust

    1. Institut für Pädagogik, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

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  2. Anke Hanft

    1. Institut für Pädagogik, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

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  • Unique survey of lifelong learning in six different countries
  • Shows best practices in different fields of higher education management, e.g. in quality assurance, recognition of prior learning, marketing, management of financial resources, learn settings etc.
  • Helps to understand why there are so many differences in the management of lifelong learning
  • Brings together the European discussion on lifelong learning from the points of view of each country study

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Continuing Higher Education in a State of Flux: An International Comparison of the Role and Organisation of Continuing Higher Education

    • Ulrich Teichler, Anke Hanft
    Pages 1-13

  3. Design of the International Comparative Study

    • Wolfgang Müskens, Anke Hanft
    Pages 15-22

  4. Comparative Overview of Study Results

    • Anke Hanft, Michaela Knust
    Pages 23-69

  5. Continuing Higher Education in Germany

    • Peter Faulstich, Gernot Graeßner, Ursula Bade-Becker, Bianca Gorys
    Pages 71-143

  6. Continuing Higher Education in Finland

    • Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Alexandra Reith
    Pages 145-174

  7. Continuing Higher Education in France

    • Torsten Dunkel, Isabelle Le Mouillour
    Pages 175-213

  8. Continuing Higher Education in the United Kingdom

    • Brigitte Geldermann, Susanne Schade
    Pages 215-246

  9. Continuing Higher Education in Austria

    • Ada Pellert, Eva Cendon
    Pages 247-285

  10. Continuing Higher Education in the United States of America (USA)

    • Heinke Röbken
    Pages 287-322

  11. Corporate Universities and Research Associations as Players in Continuing Higher Education

    • Michaela Knust, Anke Hanft
    Pages 323-355

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 357-367
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Anke Hanft and Michaela Knust The present study examines and compares the structure and organisation of c- tinuing higher education in six countries: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the UK and the USA. The focus is not just on current continuing education provisions at higher education institutions but also on the institutions themselves and their surrounding milieu. The study also attempts to move away from a purely national angle and to approach the topic from an international perspective. The conclusion is reached that when it comes to the development, establishment and professional implementation of continuing education provisions, German higher education ins- tutions lag behind the other countries in the comparison in almost all areas. The main ndings in terms of the three levels ‘system’, ‘institution’, and ‘programme’ are summarised below. 1 Continuing Education in the Higher Education System There are considerable divergences, both nationally and internationally, in the d- inition of the German term “wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung” (“academic c- tinuing education”). In the English-speaking world, a variety of terms such as “lifelong learning”, “adult education”, “continuing education”, “continuing higher education”, “university-level continuing education” or “continuing professional development” are often used as synonyms without any precise differentiation – and this is not perceived as a problem.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Pädagogik, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

    Michaela Knust, Anke Hanft

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