Higher Education Going the Distance for Adult Learners : Emerging Policy Challenges and Research Issues

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· 발행기관 : 한국성인교육학회
· 수록지 정보 : Andragogy Today / 2권 / 2호
· 저자명 : Jaekyung Lee

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ABSTRACT
Growing Demand for Adult Education and Alternative Forms of Universities
Mixed Views of Distance Higher Education and Quality Debates
Can Distance Higher Education Accomplish Multiple Goals at the Same Time?
Will Distance Higher Education Meet Diverse Knowledge Needs Together?
Conclusion
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초록

As nontraditional students, working adults over 25-year-old students, outgrow 18 to 24-year-old students, new forms of higher education attract a greater number of adult learners through distance learning technologies. The emergence of for-profit universities, virtual universities, and corporate universities challenges the role of traditional colleges and universities in adult and continuing education. As a greater number of universities go the distance for adult learners, they tend to inflate their goals and outreach their customers. First, distance higher education is often aimed at accomplishing multiple goals at the same time. But institutional attempts to improve efficiency and equality simultaneously may conflict. Secondly, distance
higher education is often designed to meet diverse knowledge needs. But institutional attempts to meet the needs of students as well as the needs of industry and government may clash. While there are mixed views of the effects of distance higher education on adult learners, it remains to be examined how the adoption of distance learning technologies by universities
will impact adult and continuing education. In light of these concerns, I review recent developments in distance higher education from diverse perspectives, and discuss emerging policy challenges and research issues.

영어초록

As nontraditional students, working adults over 25-year-old students, outgrow 18 to 24-year-old students, new forms of higher education attract a greater number of adult learners through distance learning technologies. The emergence of for-profit universities, virtual universities, and corporate universities challenges the role of traditional colleges and universities in adult and continuing education. As a greater number of universities go the distance for adult learners, they tend to inflate their goals and outreach their customers. First, distance higher education is often aimed at accomplishing multiple goals at the same time. But institutional attempts to improve efficiency and equality simultaneously may conflict. Secondly, distancehigher education is often designed to meet diverse knowledge needs. But institutional attempts to meet the needs of students as well as the needs of industry and government may clash. While there are mixed views of the effects of distance higher education on adult learners, it remains to be examined how the adoption of distance learning technologies by universitieswill impact adult and continuing education. In light of these concerns, I review recent developments in distance higher education from diverse perspectives, and discuss emerging policy challenges and research issues.

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