An Inquiry into Adult Education at Six British Universities.

Autor/in	Cuellar, Sylvia
Titel	An Inquiry into Adult Education at Six British Universities.
Quelle	(1989), (23 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; College Administration; College Curriculum; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Educational Theories; Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; Liberal Arts; Role of Education; School Role; Universities; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Ausland; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsauftrag; University; Universität
Abstract	This study (which involved visits to six British universities, reading of university publications, and interviews with university officials) reveals the following three trends concerning how these institutions serve adult learners: (1) a trend toward offering liberal education courses to the general public for personal development; (2) a shift toward the U.S. model of graduate studies that usually require both research and course work rather than the more typical British model that requires only research; and (3) the Thatcher government's shift in financial support away from higher education and toward vocational education, which reverses the emphasis on an educated general public begun in the mid-19th century. The six universities studied were the University of Sussex, University of Leeds, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and the Open University. (CML)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC