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ERIC Number: EJ439933
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0277-6774
Higher Education beyond the United States: A Glimpse of Short-Cycle Higher Education in Other Countries.
Kintzer, Frederick C.
Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, v16 n1 p1-8 Jan-Mar 1992
Defines short-cycle higher education (postcompulsory, subbaccalaureate education). Identifies characteristics shared by short-cycle systems worldwide and the ways in which individual systems differ. Discusses issues of low esteem, community education, articulation and transfer, business/industry relations, financial support. Offers recommendations for fostering the recognition of short-cycle education. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Technical Education, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Short Cycle Education