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Continuing higher education: International comparison of organisation and business areas While the relevance of lifefelong learning is growing internationally and is reflected in a changing and growing range of programme and course structures, German continuing higher education (CHE) institutions are unable to use this increased relevance to strengthen their own positions. An international comparison of CHE in six countries shows that types of organisation, responsibilities and the range of…
Learning from other countries? International perspectives on participation in continuing education at schools of higher learning This article adopts an international comparative perspective to identify the conditions favouring or impeding participation in university continuing education and seeks to answer the question of what we can learn from other countries. To this end, data selected from seven countries through secondary statistical analyses is presented and systematically compared to t…
The product clinic – a method to plan demand-oriented planning of courses and programmes for continuing higher education Continuing higher education is facing the challenge of having to react to heterogenous target groups and having to position itself in the competitive market of further education. In order to be able to plan demand-oriented programms for further education, knowledge of the addressees´ specific educational needs is required. Product clinics as an innovative method of market …
In dem Beitrag wird die wissenschaftliche Begleitung des Programms Lernende Regionen - Förderung von Netzwerken vorgestellt. Das Programm, das zur Regionalisierung von Bildung dient, fördert bundesweit 82 Netzwerke und wird vom BMBF und den europäischen Sozialfonds finanziell unterstützt. Die wissenschaftliche Begleitung durch ein Konsortium umfasst drei Bereiche. Zwei davon sind mit einem Evaluationsauftrag - z.B. Nachhaltigkeit überprüfen - verbunden, der dritte Aufgabenbereich besteht d…
Referring to the KOSMOS project, the article examines the significance of quality in academic continuing education, the requirements directed at quality management, and options for development in the project. The focus is on new programmes for non-traditional target groups.
