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Direct linkNafukho, Fredrick Muyia; Wawire, Nelson H. W.; Lam, Penina Mungania – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ3), 2011
Adult education is now considered a mainstream academic discipline in several African countries, and its importance in today's knowledge and "ideas" economies is growing steadily. It is provided by organisations such as public universities, training colleges, corporate universities and employers. The successful operation of educational…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Educational Administration, Reading Materials, Adult Education
Fido, A. T.; Wood, D. O. – 1989
This document discusses the issues that need to be considered by the education and training system as it responds to the changing needs of industry in Great Britain. Following a general introduction, the development of quality management ideas is traced. The underlying principles of safety and risk management are clarified and the implications of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration
Download full textKing, Jereann; Bingman, Beth – National Institute for Literacy, 2004
This handbook is designed to help community-based organizations that provide adult education improve their program quality in order to better achieve results that matter. The target audience for this handbook includes administrators and other members of program improvement teams in community-based organizations that want to use Equipped for the…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Administrators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Leff, Judy; Malyn-Smith, Joyce – 1999
This document is a practical manual to assist community-based organizations and coalitions in using voluntary industry skill standards in programs preparing people for success in the workplace and further education. The following are among the topics covered in the manual's six sections: (1) developing and maintaining systems (things partners can…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Community Education
Peer reviewedWilliams, Bruce – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 1996
Predictions made in 1978 about Australian higher education are re-examined. Very inaccurate enrollment predictions are attributed to unforeseen demand and supply influences. The end to the binary system of higher education, a major change in 1989, was not predicted. However, early analyses of relationships between education, employment, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Nijhof, Wim J., Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Nieuwenhuis, Loek F. M., Ed. – 2002
This collection of essays, which is arranged in four sections, concerns flexibility in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems of Europe. The first section, "Introduction," includes the following chapter: "Shaping Conditions for a Flexible VET" (Nieuwenhuis et al.). The second section, "Institutional and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. North Central Regional Tech. in Education Consortium. – 2000
This document consists of a booklet describing the Captured Wisdom project and transcripts of videos from the two CD-ROM disks. The booklet details how to get the most from the CD-ROMs with suggestions directed toward teachers, professional development providers, and administrators. Six Captured Wisdom learning sites are listed. The Captured…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
