In - service training courses and degrees : is it time for quality improvement and rebranding ?

  • Dr Rod Jensen

Tóm tắt

Universities  in  Vietnam  face
many  challenges  in  the  coming
years. Some of these challenges
have  been  addressed  through
the  establishment  of  higher
education  goals  which  seek  to
increase  the  number  of  student
enrollments,  employ  more
faculty  with  advanced  degrees,
upgrade the quality of instruction,
reduce  class  sizes  and  generate
revenue from other instructional
activities  (Runckel,  2010).
Workable responses to some of
these goals can be found within
the basic purpose of ‘Continuing
University' programming and its
mission  to  educate  underserved
populations.  Offering  expanded
university  degree  options  to
underserved students lifts higher
education  from  an  exclusive
enclave  for  the  few  in  favor
of  open  access  for  the  many.
Educational  administrators  need
not fear that broadening the base
of  academic  offerings  will  lead
to  a  degradation  of  quality.  If
universities  commit  to  simple
quality  improvement  processes
that  focus  upon  the  learning
outcomes  of  every  student  in
every program, then ‘Continuing
Education' degree programs will
become  a  valuable  partner  in
meeting  Vietnam's  educational
goals of the futurel
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Phát hành ngày
2013-11-08
Chuyên mục
International Integration (Hội nhập quốc tế)