University Adult Education in Crisis. Leeds Studies in Adult and Continuing Education.

Autor/inn/en	McIlroy, John; Spencer, Bruce
Institution	Leeds Univ. (England). Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education.
Titel	University Adult Education in Crisis. Leeds Studies in Adult and Continuing Education.
Quelle	(1988), (218 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	0261-1406
ISBN	0-907644-05-8
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Adult Education; Continuing Education; Educational Development; Educational Finance; Educational History; Educational Policy; Educationally Disadvantaged; Federal Aid; Federal Government; Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; Political Influences; Political Issues; Politics of Education; Universities; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Weiterbildung; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsfonds; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bundesregierung; Ausland; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Politischer Faktor; Educational policy; University; Universität
Abstract	This book traces the process by which the British government's formal commitment to increasing access to higher education and expanding continuing education has gone hand in hand with severe cuts in extramural departments, insistence on self-financing, and emphasis on vocational training for regeneration, at the expense of liberal education for personal development and citizenship. Chapter 1 is an outline of the history of university adult education (UAE). The next two chapters detail developments in UAE over the last 20 years and attempt to relate change in UAE to education in the wider university and to the growth of political pressure. The argument is made that UAE is in crisis. Chapter 4 considers recently expressed views on the future of UAE, critiques the rationale of the drive to vocational and professional continuing education, and considers the organization of UAE in the context of the changes of the last two decades. Chapter 5 examines the nature of the university today, scrutinizes recent developments in the patterns of UAE provision, suggests changes to facilitate a serious move by universities into a broader continuing education, and discusses proposals from the political parties and a 1987 White Paper. Twenty-one pages of notes and references, a bibliography of approximately 350 items and an author index are provided. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England, United Kingdom.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC