These are times of great opportunity and challenge for continuingeducation (CE) programs in colleges and universities. Whilelifelong learning remains central to CE’s mission, means ofpromoting and delivering adult education programs through distanceand online learning are undergoing tremendoustechnological transformation. Within institutions, CE unitsare increasingly collaborating with academic departments. Inaddition, demographic shifts have resulted in new audiences andtypes of programs offered, both credit and noncredit. School arepressured to increase their participation in economic development.
All these changes carry administrative considerations. This volumesuggests perspective and solutions for the challenges that must besuccessfully confronted by today’s CE programs and theprofessionals who develop them.
This is the 140th volume of this Jossey-Bass series. Noted for itsdepth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest toinstructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in abroad range of adult and continuing education settings, such ascolleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
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EDITORS’ NOTES 1
Ronald G. White, Frank R. Di Silvestro
1. The Dynamic Flux of Continuing Higher Education: 7
Redefining the New Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations
Lisa R. Braverman
The roles and expectations for continuing education programs andprofessionals are undergoing a period of rapid change.
2. Current Trends in Adult Degree Programs: How Public17
Universities Respond to the Needs of Adult Learners
Angela Gast
With pressure to increase the number of adults with degrees, universities are responding with campus-based and online programsand specialized support services.
3. Partnerships with Academic Departments 27
Anthony M. English
This chapter offers practical suggestions and examples ofsuccessful collaborations between continuing education units andacademic departments.
4. From Access to Excess: Changing Roles and Relationships39
for Distance Education, Continuing Education, and Academic Departments in American Universities
Judy Copeland Ashcroft
This chapter describes the ways that continuing education unitsare utilizing distance and online learning in their programs aswell as new developments in the use of technology.
5. Growing Importance of Prior Learning Assessment in the51
Degree-Completion Toolkit
Rebecca Klein-Collins, Judith B. Wertheim
Although prior learning assessment has been around for severaldecades, recent developments, including the push to increase thenumber of adults with college degrees in the United States, haveresulted in new developments in assessing learning outside of theclassroom.
6. Trends and Considerations Affecting Noncredit Programs61
Nelson C. Baker
This chapter focuses on considerations affecting the developmentof noncredit programs in a rapidly changing higher educationlandscape.
7. Role of the Community College in Economic Development69
Rebecca A. Nickoli
This chapter discusses the innovative ways that communitycolleges are playing an increasing role in local and regionaleconomic development.
8. Continuing Higher Education and Older Adults: A Growing79
Challenge and Golden Opportunity
Frank R. Di Silvestro
This chapter focuses on the rapidly aging U.S. population andits impact on the role of continuing higher education.
9. Preparing Marketing for the Future: Strategic Marketing89
Challenges for Continuing Education
James Fong
This chapter describes how societal needs and new developmentsin continuing education are reshaping the role of marketing andprogram promotion.
10. The Road Ahead: Challenges and Opportunities101
Ronald G. White
This chapter summarizes the major issues and developmentsaddressed in this volume and some of the challenges continuinghigher education is likely to face in the coming years.
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