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Autor/in | Cuellar, Sylvia |
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Titel | An Inquiry into Adult Education at Six British Universities. |
Quelle | (1989), (23 Seiten) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Adult Education; College Administration; College Curriculum; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Educational Theories; Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; Liberal Arts; Role of Education; School Role; Universities; United Kingdom (England) Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Ausland; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsauftrag; University; Universität |
Abstract | This study (which involved visits to six British universities, reading of university publications, and interviews with university officials) reveals the following three trends concerning how these institutions serve adult learners: (1) a trend toward offering liberal education courses to the general public for personal development; (2) a shift toward the U.S. model of graduate studies that usually require both research and course work rather than the more typical British model that requires only research; and (3) the Thatcher government's shift in financial support away from higher education and toward vocational education, which reverses the emphasis on an educated general public begun in the mid-19th century. The six universities studied were the University of Sussex, University of Leeds, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and the Open University. (CML) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |