A Critical Review of Collaborative Recurrent Education between Tourism Industry and Academia

Abstract

The importance of the introduction of recurrent education for adult students has been stressed since the 1980s as having been a positive step. This was promoted by the recent changes in the working environment and the idea of the 100 years of life projected by the increase in life expectancy. This study examines the curriculum, teaching methods, and management of the recurrent education system through a case study of recurrent education programs in tourism organized and supervised by Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). We also propose an intermediary system that can manage a collaborative recurrent education between industry and academia.