In 1968, a national planning conference, under the joint sponsorship of 34 organizations responsing to continuing education needs, created the National Task Force to determine the feasibility of a uniform unit of measurement and develop a proposal for field testing the concept. Stressing that continuing education units should supplement, not…

Since 1968 there has been a growing trend toward recognition of a uniform unit of credit for continuing education programs, the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). This study investigates the development of the CEU since 1968 and identifies trends in its application to the selected professions of Law, Medicine and Teaching in the state of Virginia.…

Drawing from a study on mental health delivery systems, this report focuses on issues related to credentialing the mental health continuing education activities of individual workers and the programs themselves. The first of seven sections reviews the current status of sanctioning and credentialing in mental health continuing education by various…

The survey results of noncredit adult and continuing education activities in colleges and universities for the year ending June 30, 1978, are reported. A summary of the results focuses on: institutions offering adult education; registrations; field of instruction; continuing professional education; special programs; the use of Continuing Education…