Adults in higher education : international perspectives on access and participation /
edited by Pat Davies.
- London ; Bristol, Pa. : J. Kingsley Publishers, 1995.
- 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction / Pat Davies -- 1. Australia / Glen Postle -- 2. Austria / Roseanne Benn -- 3. Belgium / Etienne Bourgeois and Jean-Luc Guyot -- 4. Denmark / Anthony Cooke -- 5. England, Wales and Northern Ireland / Gareth Parry -- 6. France / Pat Davies -- 7. Germany / Pat Davies and Evelyn Reisinger -- 8. Italy / Stella Parker -- 9. The Netherlands / Anna Spackman and Marleen Owen -- 10. Scotland / Michael Osborne and Jim Gallacher -- 11. Spain / Michael Osborne -- 12. Themes and trends / Pat Davies.
"Access to higher education, particularly for adults, has been a major issue in policy debates since the end of the 1970s. Since that time, however, very little comparative work has been done on policy and practice in other countries."--BOOK JACKET. "Adults in Higher Education brings together information not previously available, and fills some of the gaps in the debate. It provides a comparative framework within which the policies and practices of different countries, and their relative strengths and weaknesses, are considered. As a result, it enables the identification of elements which are transferable or which offer possibilities for development in other countries."--BOOK JACKET.