This handbook describes 77 voluntary programs offering professional credentialing for people in a wide range of professional and occupational fields. Each description lists credentials, organization offering credentials, initial credentialing requirements, credential renewal requirements (if any), continuing education approval process, and other…

The purpose of this article is to provide conclusions reached through study of the large audience seminar, and especially the study of physicians as learners. It is now felt that a large audience seminar is most successful when special attention is focused on guest speaker performance. (Author)

The conference papers provide an overview of some of the main issues and perspectives in the granting of credit for experience by covering the transition from the construction of educational experiences for and with students for the future to the accreditation of experiences of the past. This also includes the problem of translation or…

Rapid change and the explosion of technology have created a need for continual updating in education. The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) appears to be fulfilling these needs of the individual learner, the college and university, the professional society, the licensing board, the accrediting organizations, the employer and many other groups. The…

The continuing education unit (CEU) has been designed to facilitate the accumulation and exchange of standardized information about individual participation in noncredit continuing education. The CEU is to be applied only after content, format, and methodology have been determined to avoid creating stereotypes in terms of program length, methods,…

The CEU provides a systematized measuring mechanism useful to both the participant and the sponsoring institution in adult noncredit programs. Seven criteria for developing a CEU program are recommended, and the need for more adequate recordkeeping, uses in professional relicensing, and the development of additional guidelines are discussed. (MW)

Explores the cognitive learning and anxiety that occurs in registered nurses in continuing education unit (CEU) contingent and CEU-noncontingent continuing education courses. It appears that in the absence of the expectation of an objective test, self-perception of learning is not a reliable indicator of the acquisition of knowledge. (CT)

Briefly notes the June 1979 conference in Memphis, Tennessee, of the Council on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) and reports an interview with Paul J. Grogan, who was primarily responsible for developing the CEU concept. Dr. Grogan explains the purpose of CEU and its value for the training director. (MF)

PACE is an administrative program which will record three types of continuing education experience: college credits relating to the areas of medical technology, continuing education units which meet PACE standards, and individual education units--any educational activity which does not meet the standards of the other two categories. (Author/AG)

The article is a response to "CEU--A Giant Step Backward" (Training and Development Journal, v29 n9 p8-10) discussing the purpose of CEU and its prospects as a new quantifying device, now deemed by many to be broadly applicable to noncredit learning experiences. (Author/BP)

The author contends the American Society for Training and Development should not support the establishment and use of Continuing Education Units and presents his reasons. (BP)

Tracing the development of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU), the article defines the CEU as "10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction." Also discussed are criteria for implementation and some pros and cons of CEU usage. (MW)

Questionnaires on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) were sent to representatives of all the member institutions of the National University Extension Association (NUEA) and the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE). From the 359 questionnaires distributed, responses were received from 216 institutions or branch campuses, a 60%…

The official criteria and procedures for the implementation of Michigan State University--Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Programs are delineated in this report. The CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction. The…

Defining the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) as a "nationally recognized uniform unit of measurement for continuing education programs," this booklet describes its purposes, development, and uses, emphasizing application to the American Management Associations' (AMA) CEU programs. The CEU has been designed to: (1) allow an individual to build a…