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Fitzgerald, Scott; Beattie, Beverley; Carter, Lorraine; Caswell, Wenda – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2014
Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, is currently the only post-secondary institution in that province to offer a part-time Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BScN) program for Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) through a blended learning model. This program represents a "bridge" from the nurse's college diploma and offers a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Education, Continuing Education, College Programs
El-Ashmawy, Amina K.; Weasenforth, Donald L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
Over the past decade or so there has been increasing concern over the unprecedented wave of retirements of community college leaders, from department chairs all the way to presidents. There are three different venues for developing future leaders in order to offset this deficiency: university-based formal degrees, professional and continuing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Rubin, Allen; Parrish, Danielle E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objective: This report describes the development and preliminary findings regarding the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of a scale that has been developed to assess practitioners' perceived familiarity with, attitudes about, and implementation of the phases of the evidence-based practice (EBP) process. Method: After a panel of national…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Content Validity, Continuing Education, Psychometrics
Pikalek, Amy J. – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2010
In recent years, terms such as "social media" and "social networking" have become staples in the university continuing education marketer's vocabulary. This article provides both a working knowledge of the social media landscape and practical applications of the concepts using a case study approach from a Midwestern university.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Adult Students, Economic Factors, Educational Environment
Begland, Robert R. – 1981
In reviewing the Army Continuing Education System in 1979, the Assistant Secretary of the Army found a basic skills program based on traditional academic level goals was inadequate to meet the Army's requirement to provide functional, job-related basic skill education. Combining the shrinking manpower pool and projected basic skill deficiencies of…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Basic Skills, Continuing Education, Functional Literacy
Byrne, Michael; Wolfe, Wesley G. – Currents, 1986
The decision to open a University College at Creighton University is discussed. A Task Force on Nontraditional Students was set up to review the possibility of establishing a continuing education program. A list of 18 issues and questions for discussion is provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Continuing Education, Higher Education
Richmond, Peggy A.; Maramark, Sheilah – 1996
This guide is designed to provide information, advice, and programming strategies that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) might use to enhance the involvement of their continuing education programs with community economic development. It includes a review of the literature on successful higher education-economic development…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Continuing Education, Economic Development, Higher Education

Silver, Sylvia – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 1989
Discusses education programs concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in relation to methods of presentation, program content, and presentation considerations. Various resources available to those planning HIV education programs are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Health Personnel

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
Hardin, Veralee B. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1982
The article describes a sequence of procedures to design continuing education programs for special educators which were used in Project RETOOL, a program which provided continuing education to special education college faculty members in five states. (DB)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment

Kus, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 1989
Discusses continuing nursing education workshops in terms of their background, content, presenters, participants, strategies of presentation, changes that took place as a result of participant feedback, and evaluations. Discusses how the workshops affected the presenters personally. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Nursing Education
Hatfield, Robert C. – 1988
This case study was initiated to test and refine a procedural model for structuring inservice programs and to produce a comprehensive description of a district inservice teacher education plan. The study involved an analysis of the inservice education program in a single school district. The procedural model used in the study was formulated using…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Continuing Education, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Meuter, Ralph E.; Wright, Leslie – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
Distance learning programs, services and clients since 1975 at California State University, Chico, are described. Background, funding, and the teleconferencing network are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Harper, Mike – Media in Education and Development, 1985
Describes the development and operation of a program which develops and presents training materials to school laboratory technicians through distance education techniques. Coordinated at Canterbury College of Technology, where it originated, the project has become a consortium with four additional members. (MBR)
Descriptors: Consortia, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries

Yeager, Douglas M.; Henry, M. Daniel – Planning for Higher Education, 1984
The planning process of two collaborative efforts between NCR Corporation and the University of Dayton are described, including the NCR Executive Development Program. The chief planning officers and public relations officers of the City of Dayton, the University of Dayton, and NCR Corporation meet regularly to share concerns. (MLW)
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Planning, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs