"Faces" and Complexities of Continuing Higher Education Units: A Postmodern Approach

Autor/in	Stephenson, Sandria S.
Titel	"Faces" and Complexities of Continuing Higher Education Units: A Postmodern Approach
Quelle	In: Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 58 (2010) 2, S.62-72 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0737-7363
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Continuing Education; Anthropology; Educational Environment; Program Development; Adult Education; Colleges; Models; Administrators; Interviews; Coding; Adult Students; Adult Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Weiterbildung; Anthropologie; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Programmplanung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Analogiemodell; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Codierung; Programmierung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Adulte education
Abstract	This study examines the dynamics of continuing higher education units within the sociopolitical context of higher education institutions. A qualitative approach to data collection and analysis was the study's design, while the theoretical frame was a postmodern, symbolic, theoretical approach to organizational studies. Results show that continuing education is a ubiquitous feature, found in every sphere of postsecondary education. However, various kinds of organizational configurations prevail. In addition, drawing on social and cultural anthropology as espoused by Bolman and Deal's four-frame model to "make sense of organization" at least six symbolic models and three organizational frameworks were construed as ways that leaders interpret their unit's organizational structure within their parent institution. The ability to visualize different models and organizational structures of continuing higher education divisions in today's educational environment is important to understand their division-parent relationships and their program development and delivery strategies. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10