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Challenges of the Bologna process. New graduations (B.A./M.A.) and the traditional university The contribution enquires for the relation between new B.A./M.A. graduations and the system of traditional universities, which in Germany is closely connected with the name Wilhelm von Humboldt. Because the university has always been having an education function, today’s reform could by all means be legitimised by the classic idea of university. After a brief outline of the Bologna process and under c…
Die Dokumentation des Studienführers gibt einen Überblick über das grundständige wie weiterbildende Studienangebot zur Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung in Österreich. Sie enthält bis auf Modulebene Diplom-, Bachelor-, Master- und Zertifikatsstudiengänge.
Die Dokumentation des Studienführers gibt einen Überblick über das grundständige wie weiterbildende Studienangebot zur Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung in Deutschland. Sie enthält bis auf Modulebene Diplom-, Bachelor-, Master- und Zertifikatsstudiengänge.
The “European Master in Adult Education“. Transnational courses of study as the fruit of the Bologna process Proceeding from the documents of the Bologna process, the contribution directs its gaze at the European dimension in study programmes at European universities. In the area of adult education a joint study programme of eight universities and the German Institute for Adult Education has a pioneering role. The “European Master in Adult Education“ (EMAE), developed in the context of an Era…
Quo vadis graduate? First assessment of the BA/MA study location Bochum The contribution looks through experiences in relation to graduates of B.A. and M.A. courses of study in educational science in Bochum. Concerning the bachelor: The graduate quota with 60 per cent is much higher than previous quotas – like in the master course of study. While approximately half of the graduates continue their study in Bochum, others enter the employment market directly. They find employment in the wider s…
The B.A./M.A. nonsense. A backtalk The polemic against the university reform begins at its claim of absoluteness and the derivation of a “diploma prohibition” of the Bologna process. The educational politics is being assumed to have introduced the bachelor and master for financial reasons. The author captures 15 theses on the damage, which the university reform brings. Among others: 1. B.A. and M.A. are extending the time of study. 2. The B.A. destroys university places. 3. The B.A. does not q…
Die vorliegende Kollektion bündelt untergeordnete Kollektionen von Volkshochschul-Programmen, die in der Geschichte einzelner Volkshochschulen entstanden sind. Dabei handelt es sich im Kern um Kollektionen zu deutschen Volkshochschulen, die als Sample für das VHS-Programmarchiv des DIE ausgewählt wurden. Die Programmpläne der Volkshochschulen in diesem Sample werden im DIE-Archiv möglichst vollständig gesammelt.