With funding made available by the World Bank, activities were undertaken in Bangladesh to enhance business management education and training. A model for management development was explained and carried through with the Commerce Faculty of the University of Chittagong. Steps in the model were as follows: (1) analysis of the current status of…

Health education attitudes toward prevention, detection, and treatment of selected chronic diseases and conditions confronting public health nursing staffs were investigated at a Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services District, which is composed of 16 county public health units (CPHU). Findings were used to determine type of…

This book is intended to promote the development of systems of continuing education and describe some of the principles involved in establishing them, at either a national or regional level. The book is designed for workshop organizers, workshop participants, and persons interested in promoting continuing education systems. Resources are provided…

This syllabus for a continuing education course describes the OCLC system and considers how it can be used by health science libraries. The general governance and administrative structure of OCLC and its network affiliates are detailed, and the OCLC subsystems--online union catalog, serials, interlibrary loan, and acquisitions--and their major…

One of the greatest frustrations of the curriculum developer in adult continuing professional education settings is the diverse entry levels of potential participants. One way of dealing with diversity of entry level, and at the same time relating instruction to individual needs, is through a system that bases curriculum on professional…

The United States Air Force is unique among the armed services in placing all its professional military education (PME) and professional continuing education (PCE) under a single command. Furthermore, most of the schools and courses are in the same geographical location at the Maxwell/Gunter complex in Montgomery, Alabama. There are basic…

The paper describes and illustrates the utility of the Content-Based Group-Assessment Model for developing programs of continuing professional education. A recent study of physical educators is used to demonstrate the potential utility of the model in developing curricular programs. (Author/AJ)

Software professionals have to synchronize themselves with the new cutting edge technologies or they may be phased out of their work. They can opt this through in-house training by an instructor, by attending a course at a training institute after office hours, or by taking up an online course. This article provides an analysis of the…

Vocational education at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and continuing education levels in the Netherlands, receiving particular emphasis in response to needs expressed in educational policy making, is described in this article. (JH)

The author suggests a framework for planning and evaluating continuing education, giving attention to the learner, his objectives, and the learning process; these components are discussed in determining the special characteristics of the continuing education of professional health workers, and a model program is presented. The article is in…

Medical dial access libraries (DALs) are an innovative information service for health professionals. This report is an evaluation of the general value, effectiveness, and efficiency of the dial access services. (Author/PG)

This paper advises teachers of technical writing to "practice what they preach" by occasionally doing field work in technical communication. The possibilities for off-campus work include consultation, perhaps for an in-house manual of technical writing procedures and skills, editing assignments for businesses and public agencies, and freelance…

Data compiled from a 1970-71 study of 61 universities indicates that university departments of higher education continue to serve an important function in providing leadership services to community colleges. This article notes the national and regional trends of such services, which include graduate courses, inservice education, teacher…

The Program for Faculty Study in a Second Discipline at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was designed to encourage interdisciplinary activity among faculty with tenure or on the tenure track. Faculty may request released time for the purpose of enlarging the range of their knowledge by a study of disciplines other than those in their…