| Description |
224 pages : illustrations, ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Michael Osborne -- Australia. Separate post-compulsory education sectors within a liberal market economy: interesting models generated by the Australian anomaly / Leesa Wheelahan and Gavin Moodie -- Canada. Review of further education/higher education links in Canada / Brian Burtch -- England. Higher education in the learning and skills sector: England / Gareth Parry -- Germany. Links between vocational education and training (VET) and higher education: the case of Germany / Thomas Deissinger -- Ireland. The further education system in Ireland / Dermot Coughlan -- New Zealand. New Zealand tertiary education: patterns and pathways / Helen Anderson -- Scotland. Complementarity or differentiation? The roles of further education colleges and higher education institutions in Scotland's higher education system / Jim Gallacher -- U.S.A. Educational mobility in the USA through the community college transfer function / Barbara S. Bonham -- Conclusion. The role of short-cycle higher education in the changing landscape of mass higher education: issues for consideration / Jim Gallacher and Michael Osborne |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Continuing education.
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Education, Higher.
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Educational change.
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Educational equalization.
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Higher education and state.
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Inclusive education.
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Post-compulsory education.
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| Author |
Gallacher, Jim, 1946-
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Osborne, Michael, 1954-
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National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales)
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| LC no. |
00002827 |
| ISBN |
1862012334 |
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