A description is offered of the way in which, against long odds, three prisoners taught themselves the technical skills to put together an award-winning weekly radio program which brings the news to their fellow inmates and gives their fellows a legitimate voice for their concerns, achievements, and interests. (AJ)

ELEVEN AREAS OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH NONCREDIT SERVICES OFFERED FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AS SHORT COURSES, CONFERENCES, AND INSTITUTES, WERE RATED ON A SCALE OF INFERIOR TO SUPERIOR BY 79 INSTITUTIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION AND THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY EVENING COLLEGES IN 1954-55. THESE…

This listing, compiled through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Office of Educational Activities, indicates those educational television series broadcast during the 1978-79 television season. The lists are arranged by elementary/secondary series (including only those series carried by ten or more licencees) and post secondary series. The…

In order to help college students in their transition to college level work in biology and to increase their achievements in that field, a special reading and study skills adjunct course was organized. The course focused on the methods and materials of the introductory course for biology majors and attempted to build the students' skill…

This plan states as a major purpose the gathering of feedback information and offers twenty-one questions probing the limits and possibilities of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU), a basic unit of measurement of organized continuing education experience. It includes the Georgia Plan, presenting possible methods of implementation, administration…

Defining the CEU (Continuing Education Unit) as ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction and qualified instruction, this plan offers guidelines for establishing CEU Programs in Iowa. Specific objectives and criteria for applying the CEU emphasize the need…

The data collected on Form Q-1 are used to report all noncredit public service offerings both on and off campus which qualify for the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). Seven standards must be met before CEU can be awarded: (1) a planned response to a specific educational need, (2) stated objectives and rationale, (3) sequentially ordered content,…

This letter responds to typical adverse comments concerning the utilization of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). (1) Is the CEU credit for noncredit work? The CEU is not intended to be academic credit, rather recognition for the individual user's post-academic learning. (2) Isn't record keeping too time consuming and expensive? This need not be…

These three documents, tracing the development and use of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) within the University System of Georgia, begin with two interim reports dated Dec. 1, 1973. These reports of the Ad Hoc Committee provide the necessary guidelines for complying with revisions of Standard Nine of the Southern Association of Colleges and…

The quality of health care depends to a large degree on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of practicing nurses. Continuing education is one way nurses can maintain competence and meet the standards of their profession. Continuing education in nursing consists of planned learning experiences beyond a basic nursing educational program. Providers…

A program at Foothill College that may contribute to the faculty member's professional development and salary improvement is described. Examples of typical activities in the program are: traditional upper division and graduate courses; courses taken at Foothill College; noncourse professional activities (independent study or individual project,…

Report I is designed to provide a statistical profile of the 32 Community Colleges participating in the study of Persistence and Performance in California's Community Colleges, using data available in the student accounting reports made annually to the Office of the Chancellor by the California Community Colleges. No attempt was made to go beyond…

Colleges need to engage in self-study, planning, and marketing. Perceptions about colleges are discussed: colleges as the source of a small portion of postsecondary education, noncollegiate enterprises awarding credits and degrees, noncredit learning as the most rapidly growing educational component in colleges, etc. (MLW)

This report presents aggregate annual noncredit course enrollment data for fiscal year 1999 and selected detailed information about individuals enrolling in noncredit courses, along with annual enrollments for credit-generating students in Illinois community colleges. Completions are reported only for collegiate-level programs. For students…

Noncredit humanities seminars presented by North Carolina State University to diverse adult audiences throughout the state are described. The purpose of the program is to bring together small groups of people to discuss humanistic issues in a format that reflects the intellectual background and discipline of a university. (Author/MLW)