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DeLalla, John, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Capitalism and education can appear like unlikely friends at first, yet for-profit educational ventures continue to grow in size and revenue year after year in the United States. How can the government-controlled (and partially funded) educational institutions capitalize upon the opportunity without modifying the mission and vision of the…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Continuing Education, Case Studies, Noncredit Courses
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Colgan, Anne H. – Adult Learning, 1993
Offers a brief description of 10 program development models for continuing education. They include models for design, planning, positioning, entrepreneurship, cognition, learning, politics, culture, environment, and configuration. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Models, Program Administration
Buskey, John H. – Continuum, 1981
Attitudes, leadership skills, technical skills, and organizational support make the crucial difference between the reactive and proactive person or organization. These factors create the unique cluster of skills that set the effective continuing educator apart from others. (LRA)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Continuing Education, Higher Education, Organizational Development
Shandler, Donald – College Board Review, 1981
Some recommendations to encourage effective marketing of continuing education programs are presented, and the use of strategic planning to develop programs is discussed. A marketing management program is seen as necessary for adding depth, substance, and integrity to continuing education programs. (MLW)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Long Range Planning
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Donnelly, Brian – Community Services Catalyst, 1984
Outlines pertinent autobiographical factors related to subsequent community services/continuing education experiences in establishing legitimacy, identifying resources, promoting cooperation and participation inside and outside the institution, using help, involving the president and faculty, and achieving early visible success. Offers guidance…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Continuing Education, Personal Narratives
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Puyear, Donald; Vaughan, George B. – Community Services Catalyst, 1983
Cites the advantages of implementing formal planning strategies for community colleges and continuing education. Warns that goal setting for the enhancement of institutional quality must not be overlooked in favor of quantifiable emphases. Describes five phases of the planning process: preplanning, strategic planning, operational planning,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Educational Planning
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Charuhas, Mary S. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1993
Program administration can be enhanced through the use of unilateral groups (focus groups, task forces, advisory committees) and multilateral groups (coalitions, cooperatives, consortia, alliances, subcontractors, partnerships). Groups can help plan programs; share or train staff; share facilities, materials, and equipment; and reduce service…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Continuing Education
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Kelly, Gerry O. – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Reviews the development of Grant MacEwan Community College's continuing education program from a centralized model to a still-evolving multidimensional decentralized model. Addresses the problems and benefits of the decentralized administrative model. (AYC)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Decentralization
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Bazik, Martha S. – Community Services Catalyst, 1985
Details steps in a continuing education division planning model; i.e., define the planning group, develop a planning attitude, analyze internal and external environments, develop a mechanism for forecasting trends, hold planning sessions for determining strategic focus and operational plans, establish a timetable, hold follow-up/evaluation…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Models
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Holt, Margaret E.; And Others – Innovative Higher Education, 1986
Certain systems analysis techniques can be applied to examinations of program failure in continuing education to locate weaknesses in planning and implementing stages. Questions to guide an analysis and various procedures are recommended. Twelve issues that contribute to failures or discontinuations are identified. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Failure, Higher Education
[Knox, Alan B.] – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1979
Effective administrators demonstrate three areas of proficiency--administration, program development, and planning and the use of research. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Education, Competence, Continuing Education
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Eisenstein, Fannie – Community Services Catalyst, 1983
States that strategic management requires continuing education leadership to engage in explicit community services goal reaffirmation. Calls for a reassessment of college funding options; risk taking as part of modification for change; linkages with business, industry, and government; maintenance of staff morale and confidence; and strategic…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Services, Continuing Education
Dahl, Carolyn Carson – 1993
This six-chapter guide suggests a new approach to describing the knowledge, competencies, and managerial roles inherent in planning effective conferences and institutes. Chapter 1 introduces the many roles of the conferences and institutes program planner and discusses program formats and what makes conference programs unique learning events.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Conferences, Continuing Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Shandler, Donald; Brummer, Marcia – College Board Review, 1984
Recommendations for program development with reduced resources include maintaining a quality-conscious approach to academic program development; appreciating and exhausting the entire institutional management process; making proactive use of resources; and finding and using the parallels between program planning and career development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, College Administration, Continuing Education
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Palmer, Jim – Community Services Catalyst, 1984
Provides citations and abstracts to seven ERIC documents dealing with issues affecting the management of community education/community service programs, including program development, funding, contract education, human services, and educational marketing. (DMM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Community Education, Community Services
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