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Outlines three possible futures for higher education: "nonuniversities" that modify courses and offer distance learning to adult reentry students; increasing involvement of business/industry in postsecondary education de...
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Describes higher education structures of nations sponsoring nonuniversity programs, including Russia, Belarus, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, ...
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A nonuniversity is a short-term, short-cycle college or institute that provides vocational and technical training toward diplomas and certificates for compulsory school or high school graduates. Continuing education for ...
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The nonuniversity represents one of the most important trends in postsecondary education worldwide. Whether part of two- or three-tiered educational systems, nonuniversities offer certificates and diplomas in semiprofess...
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Defines short-cycle higher education (postcompulsory, subbaccalaureate education). Identifies characteristics shared by short-cycle systems worldwide and the ways in which individual systems differ. Discusses issues of l...
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Reviews the history and current status of the Harambee Institutes of Technology in Kenya. Offers a critique of the parallel vocationalized system. Discusses the vocational-technical/general education controversy, diversi...
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Three types of short-cycle higher education, a level between post-compulsory/postsecondary education and university degree completion, are examined: extensions of secondary education, expansions of senior institutions, a...
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Citing educational reforms being undertaken in the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and in other countries, this paper examines the purposes, distinguishing characteristics, and...
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The need for close relationships within national higher education systems is of crucial importance if nations of the world, both developing and developed, are to fulfill their educational obligations. Focus is on balance...
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The conference had papers and discussion on the following topics: Section 1: Community Continuing Education (Adult, Continuing, and Community Education: The Shape and Promise of the Field; Community Continuing Education:...
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Created in 1969 as a 3-college system coordinated by the Regional College section of the Ministry of Education, the current 6 institutions represent Norway's attempt to extend equal opportunity and employment-oriented ed...