CONTENTS
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PART Ⅰ Introduction : comparative perspectives = 1
1 Traditions and new directions in higher education : a comparative perspective on non-traditional students and lifelong learners / HANS G. SCHUETZE ; MARIA SLOWEY = 3
PART Ⅱ Europe = 25
2 Austria : the enduring myth of the full-time student : an exploration of the reality of participation patterns in Austrian universities / HANS PECHAR ; ANGELA WROBLEWSKI = 27
3 Germany : non-traditional students in German higher education : situation, profiles, policies and perspectives / ANDR A ·· WOLTER = 48
4 Ireland : adult learners and non-traditional students in Irish higher education / TOM COLLINS = 67
5 Sweden : non-traditional students in higher education in Sweden : from recurrent education to lifelong learning / AGNIESZKA BRON ; KARIN AG E ´ LII = 83
6 The United Kingdom : redefining the non-traditional student : equity and lifelong learning in British higher education, 1985-2000 / MARIA SLOWEY = 101
PART Ⅲ North America = 125
7 Canada : higher education and lifelong learning in Canada : re-interpreting the notions of 'traditional' and 'non-traditional' students in the context of a 'knowledge society' / HANS G. SCHUETZE = 127
8 The United States : heterogeneity of the student body and the meaning of 'non-traditional' in US higher education / SETH AGBO = 149
PART Ⅳ Australia, Japan and New Zealand = 171
9 Australia : higher education and lifelong learning : an Australian perspective / RICHARD JAMES ; DAVID BECKETT = 173
10 Japan : from traditional higher education to lifelong learning : changes in higher education in Japan / SHINICHI YAMAMOTO ; TOMOKAZU FUJITSUKA ; YUKI HONDA-OKITSU = 195
11 New Zealand : the impact of market forces in the quest for lifelong learning in New Zealand universities / ROGER BOSHIER ; JOHN BENSEMAN = 217
