FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ADULT LEARNING IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
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The article presents the results of the analysis of national and regional levels legislative acts on financial support for adults who enter HEI in the studied European countries. It has been found out that the national and regional policy on adult involvement in higher education in France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain and the Netherlands is aimed at widening the participation of adults in higher education in order to increase their employment, competitiveness and sustainable economic development of the country. At the same time, it has been revealed that the European countries provide financial support to adults for their higher education studies in different ways, which directly affects the number of adults in higher education in these countries. It has been found out that in France, Germany and the Netherlands there is a tendency for increasing the number of adults entering HEIs (Germany – 922,611 adults in 2018 against 698506 – in 2010; France – 271288 adults in 2018 against 202727 - in 2010; The Netherlands – 153417 adults in 2018 against 96618 – in 2010), while in the UK and Italy the data shows a downward trend in adults in higher education (UK – 275668 adults in 2018 against 314190 - in 2010, Italy – 376879 adults in 2018 against 451837 – in 2013). Based on the analysis of financial support to adults for higher education studies in the European countries, it has been concluded that France and Germany have a developed and well-established system of state and regional benefits for adults in higher education; in the Netherlands, the ongoing experiment of financial support and flexible tuition fees in HEIs is noteworthy, because it has a positive effect on increasing the number of adults seeking higher education.
Key words: adult education and training; higher education; adult students; European Higher Education Area; financial support for adults.
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