Universities and engagement : international perspectives on higher education and lifelong learning / edited by John Field, Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha and Andrea Waxenegger. - Abigon : Routledge, 2016. - xx, 240 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cultivating a culture of practitioner research in university lifelong learning : some critical reflections / Josephine W. Finn -- Research-practice partnership : improving links between research and professional practice in lifelong learning / Franz Kolland, Marcus Ludescher and Andrea Waxenegger -- Alumni of vocational education as a new target group for university continuing education : chance and challenge for universities / Stefan Bremer and Soren Hirsch -- ULLL in the business context : the project virtual interaction with Web 2.0 in companies / Marion Bruhn-Suhr and Lena Oswald -- Lifelong learning and the knowledge triangle in the context of university reform : a case study / Kirsti Miettinen and Hanna-Riikka Myllymaki -- Perceived service value : implications for the viability of continuing education programmes / Susan Geertshuis and Otto Krickl -- Opening universities for lifelong learning and the challenge of diversity management : support of non-traditional students in Germany, Finland and Denmark / Sabine Remdisch and Steffen Beiten -- When university meets community in later life : subverting hegemonic discourse and practices in higher education / Carmel Borg and Marvin Formosa -- Types and conditions of service learning : associations with civic responsibility, self-efficacy, and well-being / Jenifer K. McGuire and Melanie Brown -- Community-based education and learning / Lyn Tett -- Lifelong learning for socially disadvantaged people / Gerhild Wrann -- Learning in later life : what can universities do? / Alex Withnall -- Intergenerational learning at the university : potentials and limitations / Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha -- Something for older people? : research-based general education and university lifelong learning / Marcus Ludescher -- Unlocking potential for later-life learning : engaging adults in their own learning in a university setting : a case study from Scotland / Rob Mark, Val Bissland and Lesley Hart -- Managing age diversity in companies : transferring competences between generations at work : Project Generation+ / Jean-Marie Dujardin and David Randaxhe -- Over-fifty returning adult learners : another neglected species? / Renaud Maes and Michel Sylin.

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Continuing education.
Adult education.
Community and college.
Education, Higher--Social aspects.

LC5215 / .U65 2016