Developing Adult Education in Universities: A Political View.

Bourgeois, Etienne; Lienard, Georges

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Publication Date: 1992

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Developing Adult Education in Universities: A Political View.

Bourgeois, Etienne; Lienard, Georges

Higher Education Management, v4 n1 p80-90 Mar 1992

Difficulties in the development of adult education programs in research-oriented, elite universities are discussed, focusing on the differences in traditional values and objectives of adult and university education. Organizational conditions at the University of Louvain (Belgium) that have proven conducive to a successful adult education program are identified. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate, Political Influences, Politics of Education, Program Design, Program Development, Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Belgium

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