The Sordid Business of Education

Continuing education has become a large market with participation by industrial firms, educational institutions and firms in the business of education. Both education and industry should develop strategies for their involvement in continuing education. Both should commit to the concept of lifelong learning as essential for their success. Both should consider cooperative projects as one of the most cost-effective ways of providing continuing education. Both should improve communication with each other to improve our capability to identify appropriate joint projects and to improve our management of them.

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National Council Business of Education Affiliated and Associations

Journal of Education for Business ◽

10.1080/08832323.1936.9958847 ◽

1936 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 24-25

Keyword(s):

National Council ◽

Business Of Education

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Kaplan University: The Business of Education

10.4135/9781526403926 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Chris Groppa ◽

Carole Turley ◽

James S. O’Rourke

Keyword(s):

Business Of Education

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The Digital New Economy and the Virtual Educator

Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education ◽

10.21225/d5s308 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Heather Menzies

Keyword(s):

Free Trade ◽

New Economy ◽

Virtual Education ◽

Human Communication ◽

Economic Trends ◽

Multimedia Technologies ◽

Culture Of Education ◽

Business Of Education

As we take up and are taken up by the new multimedia technologies, we cannot overlook the effects of larger economic trends associated with digitization, downsizing, globalization, privatization and free trade. As educators, we are faced with the challenge of trying to develop virtual education as an extension of a culture of education grounded in human-to-human communication as opposed to the business of education in which information is viewed as a commodity.

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