Ponudba in kakovost visokošolskega izobraževanja odraslih

The paper describes some characteristics of higher education of adults and its development, based on new priorities. Higher education provides three main types of study programes for adults: higher education courses organized for part-time students which lead to university degrees or professional qualifications, short courses for improvement and updating of professional knowledge and general education courses. Higher education institutions in West European countries have developed procedures for assurance of qua lity and advancement of academic work, which include e valuation of adult education. New development trends show that only those universities that will evolve into open and transparent systems will be able to survive.V članku so opisane značilnosti izobraževanja odraslih v visokem šolstvu in razvoj visokega šolstva z novimi prioritetami. Ponudbo visokošolskega izobraževanja odraslih sestavljajo tri poglavitne vrste programov: programi stopenjskega, izrednega študija, krajši programi za izpopolnjevanje in posodabljan je strokovnega znanja ter programi splošnega izobraževanja. V zahodnoevropskih visokošolskih institucijah so uvedli mehani zme za zagotavljanje in izpopolnjevanje kakovosti akademskega dela, ki vključujejo tudi evalvacijo izobraževanja odraslih. Nove smeri razvoja v visokem šolstvu kažejo, da lahko preživijo samo tiste univerze, ki bodo postale dostopni in transparentni sistemi