ERIC_NO:
ED305830
TITLE:
Diversification of Higher Education. Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Relationship between General Education, Vocational Training,
and Further Training in Higher Education (Sofia, Bulgaria, November
30-December 2, 1987).
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1988
JOURNAL_CITATION:
Higher Education in Europe; v13 n1-2 1988
ABSTRACT:
The proceedings of an international symposium on the relationship between general education, vocational training, and further training held
in Bulgaria in 1987 are presented. The 20 papers fall under three headings:
(1) Overview, including: "Problems Concerning the Linkage Between General
and Vocational Education and Higher Education" (I. Maslarov); "General
Education, Vocational Training, and Further Education" (K. Harnqvist);
"Higher Education and Employment in Europe" (B. Sanyal); (2) Diversification
of Higher Education with a View to Better Meeting the Needs of Society
and of Assuring Employment, including: "The Diversification of Higher
Education: A View from Technology and Industry" (L. Dadda); "Technology,
Higher Education, and the Economy: A Critical Relationship" (J. Dennison);
"Complementarity and Diversification: Two Sides of a Single Educational
Process" (H. Richter); "Enhancing Employment Prospects by Diversification
at Postgraduate Level" (C. O hEocha); "Remarks on the Differentiation
of Higher Education, Particularly During the First Cycle" (L. Levy-Garboua);
"The Vocational Training of Students Aided by Teaching-Research-Production
Associations" (V. Gaisyonok); "Developmental Trends and Diversification
of Higher Education" (D. Savicevic); and (3) Ways to Achieve Optimal Balance
Between General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training in
Higher Education, including: "General Education, Vocational Training,
and Further Training in Higher Education: Personal Remarks" (G. Mialaret);
"Balance Between General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training
in Switzerland" (K. Weber); "Achieving an Optimal Balance Between General
and Specialized Training in Higher Education" (Z. Levai); "The Problems
Involved in Integrating General Education, Vocational Training, and
Postgraduate Education into Lifelong Education" (A. Verbitsky); "An Empirical
Approach to the Assessment of the Balance Between General Education,
Vocational Training, and Further Training in Medical Curricula" (H. Dohn
and J. Nystrup); "General Education, Professional Training, and Further
Education in Teacher Education" (Z. Shechtman); "The Relationship Between
General Secondary Education, Vocational Education, Specialized Secondary
Education, and Higher Education in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"
(V. Pogrebnyak). A fourth section, Tribune, includes "Study Orientations
of Austrian Students: Recent Trends" (P. Kellermann and G. Sagmeister);
"The Doctor of Education Degree: A Harvest of Rapeseed and Ragweed" (G.
P. O'Neill); and "Gifted Students in the Universities of the Slovak Socialist
Republic" (S. Brychova). (SM)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Adult Education; General Education; Higher Education; Vocational Education;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Academically Gifted; Allied Health Occupations; Economics; Education Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Postdoctoral Education; Professional Training; Research; Teacher Education; Technological Advancement;
IDENTIFIERS:
Austria; *Europe; Slovak Socialist Republic; Switzerland; Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
021; 022