Institutional policies for part‐time undergraduate higher education in Scotland
| Autor: | Tom Schuller, David Raffe, Brenda Morgan-Klein |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Education Policy. 12:199-215 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5106 0268-0939 |
| Popis: | Financial pressures, restrictions on full‐time participation and the public commitment to access and lifelong learning, suggest that part‐time provision may be increasingly important in undergraduate‐level higher education. However the scale and organisation of part‐time provision varies across institutions, and its future development may depend on decisions taken at institutional level. This paper describes Scottish institutions’ policies for part‐time provision of first degrees and Higher National Certificates and Diplomas (HNCs and HNDs). It is based on interviews with senior managers in all 23 Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs), and in 11 further education (FE) colleges. Most institutions planned to expand part‐time provision. New (post‐1992) universities were the most committed to expansion; non‐university HEIs and some old universities were the least committed. Policies for expanding part‐time provision were often part of a broader strategy for flexibility. The research revealed two contr... |
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