Although only Ohio has issued statewide standards for noncredit continuing education and a few other states have looked at such a process, most of the literature on student outcomes focuses exclusively on degree-credit programs. A college, university, or state system might want to assess continuing education outcomes for the following reasons: to…

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.…