Beyond the First Degree
Published on 16. November 1997
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-335-19977-8 (ISBN)
Description
The international contributors to this volume focus upon postgraduate education and training, and explore their relation to lifelong learning and graduate employment. They address key questions such as:
* What are the major trends and developments in graduate education worldwide?
* In what ways are graduate education and training structured and delivered?
* How are quality issues handled in graduate education worldwide?
* What are the major issues in graduate employment and in lifelong learning?
* What are the links between postgraduate education, lifelong learning and student careers?
* What are the major trends and developments in graduate education worldwide?
* In what ways are graduate education and training structured and delivered?
* How are quality issues handled in graduate education worldwide?
* What are the major issues in graduate employment and in lifelong learning?
* What are the links between postgraduate education, lifelong learning and student careers?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19977-8 (9780335199778)
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Content
Preface
The changing context of postgraduate education in the United Kingdom
Part one: Graduate education
Issues and themes in postgraduate education in the United States
Policy issues in postgraduate education
an Australian perspective
Quality issues in postgraduate education
Part two: Lifelong learning
Lifelong, post-experience, post-graduate
symphony or dichotomy?
Lifelong learning and European universities
rhetoric or future reality?
Postgraduate education and lifelong learning as collaborative inquiry in action
an emergent model
Part three: Careers
Mass higher education
mass graduate employment in the 1990s
Graduate employment trends
key issues in the labour market of the late 1990s and beyond
A note on reshaping the graduate education of scientists and engineers
Index.
The changing context of postgraduate education in the United Kingdom
Part one: Graduate education
Issues and themes in postgraduate education in the United States
Policy issues in postgraduate education
an Australian perspective
Quality issues in postgraduate education
Part two: Lifelong learning
Lifelong, post-experience, post-graduate
symphony or dichotomy?
Lifelong learning and European universities
rhetoric or future reality?
Postgraduate education and lifelong learning as collaborative inquiry in action
an emergent model
Part three: Careers
Mass higher education
mass graduate employment in the 1990s
Graduate employment trends
key issues in the labour market of the late 1990s and beyond
A note on reshaping the graduate education of scientists and engineers
Index.