Demand for University Continuing Education in Canada: Who Participates and Why?

Autor/inn/en	Adamuti-Trache, Maria; Schuetze, Hans G.
Titel	Demand for University Continuing Education in Canada: Who Participates and Why?
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 35 (2009) 2, S.87-108 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0318-9090
Schlagwörter	Continuing Education; Graduates; Foreign Countries; Graduate Surveys; Universities; Bachelors Degrees; Student Needs; Adults; Family Life; Employment; Program Effectiveness; Adult Education; Higher Education; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weiterbildung; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Ausland; University; Universität; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Dienstverhältnis; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kanada
Abstract	The demand for and participation in continuing education by Canadian university graduates who completed bachelor and/or first professional degrees in 1995 are analyzed in this article. Within five years of completing their first degree, in addition to participating in graduate programs, a large number of those graduates participated in non-degree programs and courses for career and job purposes and for personal reasons. Through a descriptive analysis of National Graduate Survey (NGS) data for the 1995 cohort, the authors examined the socio-demographic profile of participants, their motives for participating in continuing education, and their choice of specific programs. According to the study findings, the respondents' labour-market situation, both in objective and subjective terms, was an important reason for participating in continuing education; indeed, more than three-quarters of participants had a job/education-related reason for participating in continuing education. In particular, the study provides information and insight into the demand (expressed and latent) of a targeted university continuing education audience. The National Graduate Survey together with Adult Education and Training Survey (AETS) and institutional data, allow a more realistic assessment of participants' needs and program preferences. (Contains 4 endnotes and 8 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Canadian Association for University Continuing Education. c/o CAUCE Secretariat at Centre for Continuing and Distance Education, 475 Williams Building, 221 Cumberland Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7N 1M3, Canada. Tel: 306-966-5582; Fax: 306-966-5590; e-mail: cauce.secretariat@usask.ca; Web site: http://www.extension.usask.ca/cjuce; Web site: http://www.extension.usask.ca/cjuce/eng/contentXissue.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10