How can instructional designers create executive education, seminar style (non-credit) courses that are short (one to two hours) but still provide a meaningful learning experience for managers and executives in an organization? Engaging and motivating learners in short courses without traditional assessment formats or external motivators such as…

In March 1999, as part of the 1998-99 Board of Trustees' environmental scan, the Office of Institutional Research at Johnson County Community College, Kansas, conducted a telephone survey of 501 Johnson County companies with at least 20 employees for which JCCC's Business and Industry Institute had not provided training in the past 3 years.…

Offering a brief history and summary of the use of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU), this article emphasizes the role of user groups in planning the educational activity, and concludes that widespread adoption of the CEU will enable the learner to shop selectively from a wide variety of programs and sponsors. (MW)

Profiles an academic model which permits all student affairs personnel to actively facilitate student development on campus. Describes three variations of the model, from three universities, which incorporate a series of courses focusing on identified student needs. Describes other related student development activities. (RC)

Some noncredit university continuing education programs are more readily subject to impact evaluation than most. Impact studies are reported for two such programs, one on governmental accounting and one on criminal justice. (CT)

Describes an extension program conducted by Suffolk County Community College, New York, at an area shopping mall. Discusses program offerings, including a series of general interest lectures, regular credit courses, and a set of noncredit minicourses for mall employees. Examines the public relations value of the extension efforts. (JP)

Participants in a nationwide summer program of minicourses for adults over 60, called Elderhostel, live on campus and choose from at least three one-week courses taught by regular faculty. There are no exams, credits or grades. The logistics of the program and financial costs and problems are discussed. (JMD)

The Universite de Montreal offers programs of cultural enrichment and personal development to the community. Les Belles Soirees are very successful as outreach and public relations vehicles; they provide continuing education for professionals and serve faculty as a testing ground for new ideas. (SK)

The HMIE publication, "External quality arrangements for Scotland's colleges," specifies that HMIE will produce a number of subject aspect reports over the four years 2008-12. These aspect reports complement in a subject-specific context the generic evaluations of learning and teaching in HMIE's reports of external review of colleges.…

This Support Document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report, "Assessing and Acknowledging Learning through Non-Accredited Community Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programs," and is an added resource for further information. There were five phases of this project: Phase 1 comprised further interrogation…

This report includes Summer 2007 semester enrollment information for Wyoming's seven comprehensive community colleges. Selected data includes student counts by credit hours, county, full-time students (FTE), program or study, ethnicity and a ten-year history. (Contains 12 tables.) [For the Spring 2007 enrollment report, see ED502750.]

This final report includes 80 institutions' final responses to the National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) Independent Study Division's annual survey of college, high school, and noncredit program practices during 1989-90. Eight figures are included to provide information on course enrollments, course fees, staff size, course…

The community services department of an eastern community college offers a noncredit course called Overcoming Speech Anxiety. The students range from those who avoid conversation with most people to those who speak publicly often but with a great deal of discomfort. Their reasons for taking such a class suggest that most people suffer situational…

A sourcebook that provides descriptions of more than 130 telecourses produced for higher education is presented. Listings include information on the level of content, format, producer, length of program, production date, ancillary materials, and availability of the courses. A brief course description is included, along with listings of lesson…

The responses of the State University of New York (SUNY) constituent institutions to the biannual survey of Non-Credit Instructional Activities for July 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987 are summarized. Six sections focus on the following: (1) SUNY summary reports of the number of non-credit instructional activities and registrations, July 1, 1987…