Integrating an Aging Student Population into Higher Education--Challenges for Evidence-Based Policy in Europe

Autor/in	Orr, Dominic
Titel	Integrating an Aging Student Population into Higher Education--Challenges for Evidence-Based Policy in Europe
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 40 (2010) 3, S.25-42 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0316-1218
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Higher Education; Adult Students; Skilled Workers; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Public Policy; Access to Education; Comparative Analysis; Comparative Education; Change Strategies; Labor Needs; Nontraditional Students; Nontraditional Education; Age Differences; Student Characteristics; Research Reports; Data Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Facharbeiter; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Lösungsstrategie; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Auswertung
Abstract	Both demographic developments and the need for highly skilled workers have led to renewed efforts to widen access to higher education in Europe. This means looking beyond the traditional clientele of university education in terms of routes into higher education, age, and centrality of studies. Attracting and catering to this more comprehensive group entails rethinking study programs and study environment for a more heterogeneous student body. So where are we now on these issues and where can we expect to be in the next decade? This is a question being raised within the framework of the Europe-wide Bologna Process for higher education reform. On the basis of data sets being used for analysis within this reform program, a comparison of the situation in selected European countries will be presented. It will be shown that some countries are better placed to deal with the growing number of adult learners than others. (Contains 2 notes, 3 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. P.O. Box 34091, RPO Fort Richmond, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5T5, Canada. Tel: 204-474-6404; Fax: 204-474-7561; e-mail: csshe@cc.umanitoba.ca; Web site: http://ss.ucalgary.ca/csshe/en/publications/the-canadian-journal-higher-education
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10