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Continuing Adult Education
As Peter Drucker puts it, “We live in an economy where knowledge, not buildings and machinery, is the chief resource and where knowledge-workers make up the biggest part of the work force.”
The Internet has triggered an explosion of knowledge and information. The phenomenon is a double edged sword – easy access to tons of information makes the conventional wisdom that “learning is a life-long process” even more relevant today than it was for past generations.
It doesn’t matter who the person is, or how successful he has been so far. In fact, relatively speaking, the better qualified person has more to lose even as his peers soak in, digest and apply the latest developments in his field. High achievers increasingly perceive that they are lagging!
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Students Should Take Heed When Higher Education Is Generalized
This is the era of academic globalization. Developing countries, along with Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, are experiencing the trend: Foreign academic institutions, working with local institutions or setting up shop on their own, are offering academic programs and degrees. Distance learning, using the Internet, is being used to deliver degrees.
Sylvan Learning Systems, a for-profit US company that sells test preparation, announced in January it will be setting up campuses overseas, starting with the purchase of a private Spanish university. It’s a signal that the Americans, thus far slow to expand overseas, will enter the market.
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