Talk:Continuing education

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I oppose a merger with adult education. Instead the high school/college distinction between the two should be drawn out. lots of issues | leave me a message 00:56, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

This article describes adult education, not continuing education. Continuing education is usually ongoing (sometimes mandatory) professional training for lawyers, doctors, engineers, etc. that takes place after leaving graduate school in order to keep professionals up to date. This is especially significant in law and medicine (continuing education has implications for the evolving standard of care). Neutralitytalk 15:57, 22 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Continuing education can refer to both. I've tried to discuss the distinction a little more. --Michael Snow 00:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

As the director of lifelong learning programs at a major southwestern university for the past nine years I have found it common among professionals in the field to refer to Continuing Education as the all encompassing term for a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. Within the domain of Continuing Education, professional continuing education is but one specific learning activity generally characterized by the issuance of a certificate or some number of Continuing Education Units (CEU) for the purpose of documenting attendance at a designated seminar or course of instruction taken in order to maintain currency within the profession. Other recognized forms of post-secondary learning activities within the domain include; degree credit courses by non-traditional students, non-degree career training, workforce training, formal personal enrichment courses (both on-campus and online) self-directed learning (such as participation in Internet interest groups, clubs or personal research activities) and experiential learning as applied to problem solving.

Adult learning is not at all the same as Continuing Education; rather it is a description of the approaches and processes used by adults in learning and understanding new concepts as compared to those employed by youth, generally characterized as 24 years old and younger. Malcolm Knowles, most commonly recognized for his theory of Androgogy, in defining the adult learner profile draws a very definitive shift from pedagogical preference to androgogical preference in adulthood. Others, such as King and Kitchener, have theorized that adult learners will adjust their learning along a continuum, ebbing back and forth depending on the learning circumstances.

This article definitely needs work. I just started working for University Continuing Education Association (UCEA)  in Washington, DC. Therefore, I don't feel like enough of an expert to edit the article quite yet, but for now will add that we use the term Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) to encompass both professional post-degree training for doctors, lawyers, etc. as well as courses offered for non-traditional students. My understanding is that non-traditional not only includes students who are 25 and older, but also younger students who might be working full-time and are probably attending school only part-time. Another point that needs to be clarified is that continuing education also encompasses degree completion programs through which non-traditional students can earn a degree. —Preceding comment added by Markricher (talk • contribs) 16:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

10 Contact hours equals one CEU???
The statement as outlined in this level 2 headline is not correct in many cases. There are many professions where a CEU (Continuing Education Unit) is equal to 50 minutes of instruction (California acupuncture CEU) and other professions where the CEU is the equivalent of 60 minutes of instruction.

The text looks like, "Depending on the field, these requirements may be satisfied through college or university coursework, extension courses or conferences and seminars attendance. Ten contact hours equals 1 Continuing Education Unit."

I put a strikethrough on the contact hours line because it is not specific to the profession referenced and incorrectly universally instantiates this statement as true for all professions. --Onediscdrive (talk) 03:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Merger of Adult Education and Continuing Education?
In practice, these are two distinct fields. Adult education is usually conducted in adult schools that operate under public school districts, as well as community-based organizations, correctional facilities and other agencies. Continuing education, on the other hand, is understood as primarily a college and university-based activity. As a former administrator of a university-based continuing education program, I am confident that adult education is understood to be a different domain of education and training for adults -- one not conducted, by and large, at universities. These two articles should be continued (and each greatly improved) as two separate articles and not merged. Dwalls (talk) 04:48, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Continuing Education / Adult Education Canada
In Ontario, which the rest of Canada except the western canada bases its education on,

Continuing Education is always seen as part time (and part time is another term used frequently for con ed)...things are changing now, but it was especially seen as EVENING courses. Even if you took one course during the day 9-5 on a weekday, it will never usually be called continuing education.

Western Canada tends to follow the American system of education, especially Alberta. Some universities in west canada use the American University term EXTENSION, for con education, which I'm not sure is even mentioned in this article.

Adult education is people who are up grading to get their high school diploma, fill requirement to get into a community college program, or for worker based training courses, as the above person outlined — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starbwoy (talk • contribs) 00:11, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

External links section
I believe we have come to a consensus that the external links section is appropriate for professional associations related to continuing education, but is not appropriate for listing the continuing education divisions of individual schools, colleges, or universities, whether public or private. Dwalls (talk) 03:05, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

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