Preparing professionals for lifelong learning: Comparative examination of master's education programs

Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 449-468

  Kasworm, Carol ^a   Hemmingsen, Lis ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adult education; Graduate education; Human resource development; Lifelong education; Lifelong learning; Master's education; Professional graduate preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347213032     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-006-9006-8     Document Type: Article

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