RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FRENCH HIGHER EDUCATION REGARDING ACCESS TO LIFELONG EDUCATION

The following article, dealing with the problem in France of the demand for the type of higher education which would adhere to the principle of lifelong education, is based on a paper written by Violette Rey from the “Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique” in collaboration with Madeleine Brocard from the University of Rouen. The paper was presented during the CEPES Symposium on Relations between Education, Research and Production in Higher Education in Europe. (Editor's Note: The main findings and some papers prepared for this meeting were presented in the July‐September 1979, Vol. IV, No. 3 issue of “Higher Education in Europe”, pp.7‐23, and pp.33‐35.)