Strengthening the university continuing education mission

1981 ◽  
Vol 1981 (9) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
The University

Applied sciences continuing education at Simon Fraser

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-143
Author(s):  
Donald A. George ◽  
June R. Landsburg
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Simon Fraser University

At Simon Fraser University, continuing education activities are developed and administered by the division of Continuing Studies working in association with the university's academic departments. The Applied Sciences Program, a Continuing Studies unit, was formed in early 1986 to parallel the new Faculty of Applied Sciences established in 1985 in a major reorganization of the University. This faculty is composed of the Schools of Computing Science, Kinesiology and Engineering Science plus the Department of Communication and the Natural Resources Management Program. The article focuses on the School of Engineering Science and their collaborative work with industry in continuing education.

scholarly journals About Us: Reflection and Dialogue on the Purpose of University Continuing Education in Canada

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois Gander
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Reference Point ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Full Circle ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
The University

This article is a response to Scott McLean’s (2007) CJUCE Forum article “About Us,” which set out the claims that university continuing education (UCE) units make about themselves on their websites. Using the activities of the Legal Studies Program of the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta as a reference point, this article suggests that the activities of UCE units may not be as bland as their purpose statements suggest. The ability of those statements to represent the visions of UCE units is questioned, as is the adequacy of the processes by which such statements are generated. In doing so, the author exposes the need to catalogue what UCE units are actually doing and reflect on why we seem to need to downplay some of those activities. The article concludes with the suggestion that in presenting a synthesis of the units’ purpose statements, McLean takes UCE units full circle to the debate he set to the side: What should UCE units do?

scholarly journals Creative Retirement: Survey of Older Adults' Educational Interests and Motivations

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atlanta Sloane-Seale ◽  
Bill Kops
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Select Group ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
Continued Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Older Adult Learners

The University of Manitoba's Continuing Education Division (CED) and Creative Retirement Manitoba (CRM) formed a partnership to promote applied research on lifelong learning and older adults, to develop new and to complement existing educational activities, and to explore new program models and instructional methods to meet the educational needs of older adult learners. A survey, the first in a larger research project of this partnership, was undertaken to identify the learning interests and motivations of a select group of active older adults who participate in CRM's activities. The results indicate that these learnersprefer to learn only for interest, in non-educational settings or on their own;are interested, motivated, and physically and financially capable;confront situational and institutional barriers to learning; andconsider learning important to their lifestyle.These findings are consistent with the notion that an active lifestyle, including continued learning, may lead to improved quality of life, and better health and wellness for older adults. University continuing education (UCE) has a role to play in developing and supporting learning opportunities and programs for older adult learners, albeit a measured one.

scholarly journals Changes and Emerging Trends in the CE Function on University Campuses

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert A. Einsiedel, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
Traditional Service ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University

The paper describes emerging strategies employed by extension and continuing education units as they adapt to changes in the university and the larger community. The cost-recovery, entrepreneurial model of continuing education, relatively greater emphasis on continuing professional development programs, less emphasis on the traditional service function, the application of distance education techniques, and the marketing of programs globally are among the strategies that are changing the definition of extension and university continuing education.

scholarly journals The Organizational Meaning of Research

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Adria ◽  
Patricia Boechler
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Cognitive Change ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
University Continuing Education ◽  
Organizational Action ◽  
Extended Reflection

Practitioners and theorists have given attention recently to the role and status of research activities in Canadian university continuing education units. For individuals in units that are increasing the proportion of their organizational activities devoted to research, there will be an ongoing process of cognitive change and development as a new organizational culture emerges. Sensemaking is used in this article as a heuristic for exploring the process of incorporating and developing research activities in university continuing education units. Sensemaking is the cognitive process of justifying or legitimating a decision or outcome after the decision or outcome is already known. It is associated with organizational models that reject an exclusively rational decision-making paradigm of organizational action. Sensemaking recognizes the centrality of the following elements in the interpretation of research activities and their relationship to organizational life: time, identity construction, and the ongoing creation of context. The authors provide an extended reflection on the process of meaning-making that may be experienced by individuals as conventional research becomes a more important part of organizational life. Such a reflection may support and inform the change process as it occurs in university continuing education units.

The Privatization of Good: An Inaugural Lecture

1990 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alasdair MacIntyre
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Alasdair Macintyre ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Inaugural Lecture ◽  
University Of Notre Dame ◽  
The University

Alasdair MacIntyre was installed in 1989 as the first occupant of the McMahon/Hank Chair in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. On April 18, 1990, he delivered his inaugural lecture, “The Privatization of Good,” before a large and appreciative audience in Notre Dame's Center for Continuing Education. He invited three Notre Dame colleagues to comment on his presentation: Donald P. Kommers, Professor of Law and Government, and Editor of The Review of Politics; William David Solomon, Associate Professor of Philosophy; and Richard McCormick, S.J., John A. O'Brien Professor of Christian Ethics. The following pages include the inaugural address, the remarks of two of the three commentators, and Professor Maclntyre's response. The editors wish to thank Professor MacIntyre for his cooperation in publishing his inaugural address.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-314
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Pediatric Urology ◽  
University Of California ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Ucla School ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Conference Center ◽  
The University

SEMINAR IN PEDIATRIC UROLOGY: The UCLA Advanced Seminar in Pediatric Urology, to be held August 15-19, 1973, at the University of California Residential Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, will stress recent advances in clinical and practical aspects of pediatric urology. The course, co-sponsored by the Department of Continuing Education in Health Sciences and the UCLA School of Medicine, will have Drs. Lowell R. King and Richard P. Lyon as guest faculty. For information write Department of Continuing Education in Health Sciences, University Extension, P.O. Box 24902, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024.

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