Implementation of continuing higher education in German universities - control options and strategies for action

在过去的几年里，大学继续教育的关注度和意义都有了极大的提高。与社会有关的压倒一切的目标是改善为广大人口实现终身教育和学习机会的框架条件。本实证研究项目考虑了这些发展，在大学教育管理的背景下，通过十个大学案例研究，探讨了大学继续教育的实施类型和方式。这是从大学负责发展大学持续教育的相关行为者的角度进行的(例如，大学持续教育指导委员会；大学持续教育顾问(S)；在学院层面制定和实施大学继续教育课程的人)。重点是大学继续教育是否以及如何被视为和描述为大学的战略定位和/或形象培养机会。该项目植根于成人教育组织研究领域，其核心是对关于继续高等教育实施管理过程的模型论文进行验证。个案研究中的调查程序是基于以问题为中心的访谈和小组讨论方法。评估过程基于研究项目的目的，使用定性的内容。

University continuing education has experienced an enormous increase in attention and sig-nificance over the past few years. The overriding society-related objective is to improve the framework conditions for achieving life-long education and learning opportunities for a wide section of the population. This empirical research project takes these developments into con-sideration in that the type and manner of the implementation of university continuing educa-tion is addressed within the context of university education management using ten university case studies. This is done from the point of view of the relevant actors at the university re-sponsible for the development of university continuing education (e.g. steering committee; consultant(s) for university continuing education; persons who develop and implement univer-sity continuing education offers at a faculty level). The focus is on the question as to if and how university continuing education can be perceived and described as a strategic positioning and/or profile-cultivating opportunity for the university. The core of the project, which is rooted in the field of adult education organisation research, is the verification of model-based theses on the process of implementation management in continuing higher education. The survey procedures in the case studies are based on problem-centred interviews and group discussion methods. The evaluation process takes place, based on the research projects purpose, using a qualitative content.