Continuing education in colleges and universities : new directions for adult and continuing education /

These are times of great opportunity and challenge for continuing education (CE) programs in colleges and universities. While lifelong learning remains central to CE's mission, means of promoting and delivering adult education programs through distance and online learning are undergoing continu...

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Other Authors: White, Ronald Glenn (Editor), DiSilvestro, Frank R. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2013.
Series:New directions for adult and continuing education.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The dynamic flux of continuing higher education : redefining the new roles, responsibilities, and expectations / Lisa R. Braverman
  • Current trends in adult degree programs : how public universities respond to the needs of adult learners / Angela Gast
  • Partnerships with academic departments / Anthony M. English
  • From access to excess : changing roles and relationships for distance education, continuing education, and academic departments in American universities / Judy Copeland Ashcroft
  • Growing importance of prior learning assessment in the degree-completion toolkit / Rebecca Klein-Collins, Judith B. Wertheim
  • Trends and considerations affecting noncredit programs / Nelson C. Baker
  • Role of the community college in economic development / Rebecca A. Nickoli
  • Continuing higher education and older adults : a growing challenge and golden opportunity / Frank R. DiSilvestro
  • Preparing marketing for the future : strategic marketing challenges for continuing education / James Fong
  • The road ahead : challenges and opportunities / Ronald G. White.