Higher and Further Education: Historical Perspectives

Both higher education (H.E.) and further education (F.E.) are relatively recent concepts in the history of education, broad umbrella terms which capture the complex and ever-widening role and function of post-secondary education. While historically, H.E. and F.E. have operated quite independently, with little if any convergence, increasingly, the boundaries between the two fields are being tested, and their remits fused. This part of the Handbook examines the broad themes of H.E and F.E through the following lenses: Transformations to Higher Education, Higher Education Institutions Across Time and Space, Empire and Exchange in Higher Education, Students in Higher and Further Education, Women Professors and Deans, and Women Workers’ Education. Tracing the expansion of H.E. and F.E. over time, each chapter captures the historical trajectory, contextualizing key developments, and offering a historiographical and comparative analysis of the major theoretical and methodological issues and ideas.