Lifelong learning and the academy, the changing nature of continuing education
By: Jeffrey A. Cantor.
Series: ASHE higher education report -- v. 32, no. 2; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780787995775
Subjects: Continuing education -- United States.; Professional education -- United States.; Employees -- Training of -- United States.
Other titles: Changing nature of continuing education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-96) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: New demands and new opportunities for professional continuing education: a mission in flux; value: A definition of professional continuing education; value: Professional continuing education and a free market economy: demand motivates growth; value: A challenge to traditional academe; value: Emerging trends: an overview of the work; value: Professional continuing education, knowledge management, and the workplace: a growing industry; value: How does business spend for training?; value: What kinds of training do businesses seek for their employees?; value: Where do businesses turn for training support?; value: Credentialing: the new standard; value: Professional continuing education as a means of regulating professional practice; value: The purpose of continuing education for professional regulation; value: Who benefits from continuing education for professional regulation?; value: Advocacy organizations: a venue for industry-based practice standards; value: Playing in the sandbox together; value: Skills certifications as bridge builders; value: Emerging providers of professional continuing education; value: Professional associations; value: Commercial vendors; value: Proprietary schools and colleges; value: Not-for-profit organizations; value: The increase in partnerships delivering professional continuing education; value: Partnerships for professional continuing education in the health care professions; value: Professional continuing education for information technology workers; value: Continuing professional education for public school educatiors; value: Partnerships and delivery modes for public safety workers; value: Partnerships and delivery modes for business and finance professions; value: Epilogue: professional contginuing education into the twenty-first century.