As a result, students are able to accumulate and transfer continuing education records throughout their lives. Records of participation in educational activities to maintain or increase competency in a career field may be useful in a number of ways, including job promotion considerations, membership in professional organizations, and professional relicensure. The Southern Association of Colleges and schools requires that the following criteria be met by programs awarding individual CEUs. The noncredit activity is planned in response to an assessment of educational need for a specific target population. There is a statement of objectives and rationale.
Content is selected and is organized in a sequential manner.
There is evidence of preplanning which should include opportunity for input by a representative of the target group to be served, faculty content expertise and continuing educational personnel. The activity is of an instructional nature and is sponsored or approved by an academic or administrative unit of the institution best qualified to affect the quality of the program content and to approve the resourcepersonnel. There is provision for registration of individual participants and the capability to generate data for institutional reporting. Appropriate evaluation procedures are utilized and criteria are established for awarding CEUs to individual students prior to the beginning of the activity. This may include the evaluation of student performance, instructional procedures, and course effectiveness.