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Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung soll im Kontext des Lebenslangen Lernens an den Hochschulen weiter ausgebaut werden, wobei der Bildung von Verbünden im BLK-Programm „Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung“ hohe Priorität eingeräumt wurde. Die Umfrage ist an einen Teil der Projekte dieses BLK-Programms gerichtet und untersucht die fördernden und hemmenden Faktoren im Prozess der Bildung von Verbünden. Die Befragten stehen dem Verbundgedanken positiv gegenüber. Ein Gewinn wird insbesondere in den Kontak…
In the area of scientific further education the international market situation is eminently conspicuous. The present text distinguishes with the example of Master Studies (Executive MBA Programme) four business models of foreign providers. (1) A foreign programme is exported as a complete package. (2) A foreign programme is offered with licence at a native national university. (3) Business-School-Alliances: a programme is offered in equal shares of two or more university institutions in differe…
Stepped courses of studies and professionalization of adult education Reflections against the background of first experiences at the Ruhr-University Bochum The contribution takes the occasion of the dynamics of reform, with the transposition of the study into two cycles, to show policy-making decisions which need to be made for the study offers in the area of adult education. One important point of reference is the question, as to what extent the reform counteracts the efforts concerning pr…
Hanft, Anke; Zentner, Tim: Qualification and personnel development – a competence gap in adult education institutions? Results of an empirical study on qualification of staff in adult education institutions The contribution analyses how adult education institutions and universities prepare their staff with education and training for changed structural requirements and reforms. In the centre are two studies of German state universities and public adult education institutions in the country N…
This paper shows which quality standards are relevant for higher education and business perspective in the development and establishment of successful occupational studying programs. The aim is to record the expectations of universities and companies of quality in the context of continuing higher education. The level of the students is deliberately not placed in the center to allow the institutional view on cooperation. The methods used in connection with these studies are guideline-based int…
This article discusses the consequences of increasing access of non-traditional students to higher education (HE) in Sweden for society, individuals, and HE. The findings are based on a recently finished European Research Project called Access and Retention: Experiences of Non-traditional Students in Higher Education (RANLHE) with seven countries involved. First, an introduction about opening access to HE is presented, followed by a review of Swedish HE policy. Next is a presentation of the RAN…
