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CONTINUING EDUCATION
The focus of the
program will be serving individual and community needs rather than
institutional prerogatives. The point of
entrance into continuing education will be determined by individual needs and
level of functional effectiveness in society.
The continuing education emphasis at
1. Access to programs at a
variety of sites
2. Involvement of
constituencies both internal and external to the College in designing and
implementing the program
3. Prompt response to
individual and community needs and flexibility in program design and
implementation
4. Establishment and
maintenance of effective partnerships to provide innovative delivery systems to
adult learners
5. Service to a nontraditional
clientele that includes minorities, women, the unemployed, the underemployed,
single parents, and working adults.
The credential
awarded for completing a continuing education program will be the Continuing
Education Unit (C.E.U.). A C.E.U.
denotes ten (10) contact hours of participation in an organized continuing
education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and
qualified instruction. C.E.U.s must adhere to The
Continuing Education Unit Criteria and Guidelines as published by the
Council on the Continuing Education Unit and to relevant SACS criteria (see
Commission on Colleges document, "Guidelines for Awarding the CEU").
The responsibility
for the continuing education program at
1. A continuing education
program or activity will be planned in response to identified needs of a target
group in the service area.
2. For each program/activity,
clear and concise objectives will be developed stating the knowledge and skills
to be learned.
3. For each program/activity,
appropriate evaluation procedures will be established to measure the
achievement of learning outcomes as specified in (2).
4. Qualified instructors will
be employed to design and conduct learning experiences to enable students to
achieve intended outcomes.
5. Students will be informed of
requirements for satisfactory completion of the program/activity and provided
feedback on a timely basis of programs toward achieving outcome.
6. A process will be
established for appropriate constituencies in the areas of organizational
input; the design, content, content level, and operation; and the extent to
which intended learning outcomes are achieved.
7. For each program/activity, a
budget will be developed to include program costs, overhead, projected revenue,
and profit.
Approved:
Executive Council, March 4, 1991
Executive
Council, June 20, 1994
Editorial
Changes, April 19, 1993
Reviewed/Recommended:
President's Council, March 6, 1995
Approved: Allen
G. Edwards, President, March 6, 1995
Reviewed:
Editorial Changes, September 4, 2001
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, September 12, 2001
Reviewed/Recommended:
President’s Staff, November 20, 2006
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, November 20, 2006