Range and Quality of Higher Education of Adults

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