There have been more than 165,000 participants in 30 years. It was the strong interest in courses such as the one on effective brochure writing that helped convince Duke of the need for professional training within the nonprofit sector. Continuing Ed launched the Institute for Nonprofit Management in 1991 and expanded statewide three years later with the support of a Kellogg Foundation grant. The simultaneous and complementary desire by Duke to utilize an empty summer campus and parents who want their children to benefit from summer experiences has been another force contributing to the development of continuing education at Duke. And with the addition of a new computer training lab, there's the possibility of offering a journalism or web publishing camp for young people and, for the first time, a computer day-camp for elementary school students, according to Gilbert.
Retirees pursue interests in art history, literature, music, composers, religion and world issues.
Two of the most popular offerings over the years have been the Journalists Roundtable, featuring award-winning journalists on sabbatical at the Sanford Institute for Public Policy, and the Great Books series, developed by DILR member Rolland Mays. In addition to its new capacity for computer training, Duke continuing education has launched a Certificate Program in Management Development specifically for scientists and engineers and a Certificate in Human Resource Management that begins in February. Contact the Web Editor .