Continuing Higher Education and Lifelong Learning An international comparative study on structures, organisation and provisions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Knust, Michaela (Editor), Hanft, Anke (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Higher Education.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.

This comparative survey was conducted in 2006 and shows the structure, organisation and types of provisions of continuing higher education in six countries (in alphabetical order): Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In addition to that, other &quo...

Table of Contents:

• Continuing Higher Education in a State of Flux: An International Comparison of the Role and Organisation of Continuing Higher Education
• Design of the International Comparative Study
• Comparative Overview of Study Results
• Continuing Higher Education in Germany
• Continuing Higher Education in Finland
• Continuing Higher Education in France
• Continuing Higher Education in the United Kingdom
• Continuing Higher Education in Austria
• Continuing Higher Education in the United States of America (USA)
• Corporate Universities and Research Associations as Players in Continuing Higher Education.