CONTINUING EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF CULTURE, AND THE SOCIAL ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY
Titel:
CONTINUING EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF CULTURE, AND THE SOCIAL ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY
Auteur:
Moutsopoulos, Evanghelos A.
Verschenen in:
Higher education in Europe
Paginering:
Jaargang 14 (1989) nr. 1 pagina's 29-31
Jaar:
1989
Inhoud:
For many years, the author has been thinking about the problem of how to combine continuing education courses in universities with efforts to promote the dissemination of culture in the broadest sense. He begins his article with two definitions, one of the concept of continuing education itself, the other of the concept of culture. He indicates that increasingly a popular demand is being manifested for courses combining both objectives, particularly on the part of those who had to interrupt their studies prematurely or who completed them some time ago. He cites two seminars currently being offered at the University oE Athens, one an interdisciplinary seminar in philosophy, organized eight years ago, the other, a seminar in the philosophy of art. Both of them have opened their doors to all interested persons. They have been extremely popular, despite the fact that enrol-lecs earn no credit for attending them. With the aid of the appropriate national authorities, similar programmes could be created in other universities in the countries belonging to Unesco so as to respond to a genuine social need.
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