2018
DOI: 10.1108/aaouj-12-2017-0040
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Open Universities: the next phase

Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on research on the views of Presidents and Vice Chancellors of Open Universities of current threats and opportunities for their institutions as the author marks the 50th anniversary of the first Open University in the UK established in 1969. The paper offers a historical account of the development of the Open University model, and assesses the extent to which it remains in the key position as owner of innovation in the higher education sector. Design/methodology… Show more

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“…Student persistence has long been a major challenge for open universities. Throughout their development-from the founding of the UK Open University in 1969 to the current situation with about 60 open universities established around the globe-student persistence (and student attrition) has received considerable attention (Tait, 2018a(Tait, , 2018b. Despite the wealth of literature published on this topic over the past decades, it remains a major problem for open universities today.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Student persistence has long been a major challenge for open universities. Throughout their development-from the founding of the UK Open University in 1969 to the current situation with about 60 open universities established around the globe-student persistence (and student attrition) has received considerable attention (Tait, 2018a(Tait, , 2018b. Despite the wealth of literature published on this topic over the past decades, it remains a major problem for open universities today.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To do justice to distance education, its contribution to campus-based education is greater and in more aspects than vice versa. (Xiao, 2018, p. 5) Other challenges that CUAED, as a public university, must address in the immediate future, some of which are also aligned with those found by Tait (2018), include the following:…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, there was a high demand in all DTUs for part-time study at the undergraduate level. Furthermore, some Guri-Rosenblit, 1999;Tait, 2018).…”
Section: Change Of Initial Target Populationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Today, participation rates in higher education are very high in most European countries and in North America. Participation rates in higher education fluctuate between 50% to 85% of relevant age cohorts (Tait, 2018). As a result, there has been noticeable decline in enrollment at the undergraduate level in many DTUs in the last decades.…”
Section: Change Of Initial Target Populationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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