Auf der Suche nach dem dritten Weg. Ein statistischer Blick auf die Praxis der Drittmitteleinwerbung in Weiterbildungseinrichtungen

Searching for the third way. A statistical look at the practice of winning third-party funds over for further education institutions. The article provides empirical backgrounds for winning third-party funds over for further education institutions through the database of the German Institute of Adult Education. According to the database 17 % of the total financial backing for the Community Adult Education Centres came from third-party funds in 2005, after a maximum of 20 % in 2002. As a comparison: The third-party fund percentage in the collective pool, including other areas of umbrella organisations, of the combined statistics is with 9.5 % distinctly lower. Ecclesiastical and political education attract third-party funds obviously to a much smaller extent. Concentration effects are to be observed, e.g. 16 out of 1,000 Adult Education Providers share about 50 % of the funds for further education subsidized by the public recruitment agencies.