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After the federal elections, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research has taken on a new organisational structure. For the first time, its activities in further education are now bundled together in a seperate department (»Lifelong Learning, Further Education«), thus enabling the ministry to »speak with one voice«. On top of this, the superior department is »University, Further Education«, which shows that the two are considered as equivalent from the organisationalpolitical viewpoint.
This report examines the possible input of higher education institutions for developing the local education landscape. The education landscape in Biberach and the local college serve as an example for creating a regional education landscape in cooperation with public and industrial partners.
Dobischat analysiert grundlegende Problemlagen und Trends der beruflichen Weiterbildung und fordert als Konsequenz eine stärkere Zusammenarbeit zwischen Betrieben und Weiterbildungsorganisationen. Die zunehmende Regionalisierung in so genannten „Lernenden Regionen“ fördert nach seiner Einschätzung eine solche Entwicklung. Am Beispiel eines Modellprojekts in Gronau untersucht er kritisch die Frage, was Weiterbildung zum regionalen Strukturwandel beitragen kann. Er betont, dass nur eine Basisfina…
