This study's aim is to identify and examine the present and potential uses and effects of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) within five groups which had previously expressed interest in the CEU. Reviewed were the medical and engineering professions, labor unions, business and industry, and governmental agencies. Common applications and present…

This report examines how the continuing-education units of some National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) member institutions are dealing with ethnic diversity. The report, based on research conducted during the 1991-1992 academic year, contains 177 entries involving 84 NUCEA institutions. Institutional offerings are classified…

A concise overview is presented for those seeking information regarding continuing education in nursing. The following questions are discussed: What is continuing education? Why is continuing education necessary? What is the official position of the American Nurses' Association regarding continuing education? Who is responsible for continuing…

The work and condition of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee during July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977 are highlighted. Summaries are provided on: (1) enrollments in the member institutions; (2) graduates, including a breakdown by level of degree; (3) faculties, including discussions on an optional retirement program,…

This study identified the characteristics of Virginia students involved in State-supported continuing education programs in two and four year higher education institutions. The sample consisted of 40,406 part-time students enrolled in on campus and off campus courses offered for credit, and in non-credit courses. Data were collected through a…

The study forecasts the utilization of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) in conferences, institutes, short courses, workshops, seminars, and special training programs within the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. (A CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience.) The methodology…

Discusses a 50-state survey by the National Council for Continuing Education regarding the issue of funding for noncredit courses in community colleges. Reports that 17 states include noncredit courses for funding on an FTE basis, and that no states fund hobby, avocational, or recreation non-credit classes. Argues that lifelong learning is a…

Many commentators have argued that Canadian university continuing education has gradually abandoned its historical commitment to social justice in educational programming in favour of a market-oriented approach. Although such literature clearly expresses a deeply-felt sentiment among continuing educators, it has tended to have two problems. First,…

The need for ensuring the educational quality of experiences pursued by practitioners to satisfy their continuing education requirements and the difficulties of evaluating the experiences are addressed. Because of financial constraints placed on state regulatory boards and state professional associations, neither is equipped to handle the…

Nine presentations are included in these proceedings from the first annual conference of the Council on Continuing Education Unit (CCEU). The first paper, Continuing Education and the CEU (Continuing Education Unit), discusses the CEU as appropriate terminology for "the uniform measure of participation in continuing education." CEU…

Intensive scheduling has been shown to be an effective educational medium. The Institute for Personal and Career Development at Central Michigan University has developed an external degree program for adults that uses various innovative approaches including intensive scheduling. Several scheduling patterns are offered. A number of studies have…

This report by an Association Task Force itemizes and analyzes the recommendations of the Commission study "Through the Open Door" and proposes alternatives. It responds individually to each of the four sections of the study report recommendations: (1) The Extent to Which the California Community College System is Fulfilling Its Purposes…

Using the Georgia plan as his basis for meeting classification needs, Charles B. Lord categorizes programs into five broad areas in "A Classification System for Continuing Education Programs," Adult Leadership, April 1972, pp. 357-359. Paul J. Grogan's "The Concept of a Continuing Education Unit," Indiana State Board of Health Bulletin, May 1972,…

A continuing education program in health systems management and administration, conducted for tribal and Indian Health Service (IHS) personnel, is described in this catalog. The first section states the goals of the program, which provides, on a national level, training to help tribes and tribal organizations administer health programs and to…

Continuing education for professionals (CEP) may be defined as the formal or informal training an individual professional undertakes after the end of his basic professional education. Despite the implicit relationship between professionalism and CEP, continuing education has long been a tangential concern in the study of professional education. As…