Das Modellprojekt 'Offene Hochschule Niedersachsen'. Nutzung vorhandener Bildungsressourcen im Kontext des Lebenslangen Lernens

In the future it should be possible for educationally qualified applicants to be able to attend a university without university-entrance certificates acquired in a secondary school. This is meant to help ease the looming shortage of skilled labour in Germany. Facilities in the area of adult education are also to help facilitate the transition to a school of higher learning. The authors of this article report on a promising approach along these lines – the Lower Saxony model project »Open University«. The project aims at a skills-oriented educational system which takes into account existing skills and not solely the exclusive educational biography of future students.