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Assessing the impact of widely distributed learning opportunities now accessible through distance education must take into account the re-imposition of values and motives long associated with traditional education. The e...
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It is reasonable to argue that the members of a profession are the only ones who can directly address issues of accreditation. In the context of accreditation for international continuing education, it may be argued that...
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Addresses recent developments in Web-based electronic distance learning in the United States with special attention to its historical antecedents in correspondence education. Discusses distance education within higher ed...
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Examines creativity theories and models such as "great men and women" and Domain-Individual-Field-Interaction. Links creativity and self-efficacy and describes ways adult educators can promote creativity. (SK)...
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Views centralization/decentralization from four perspectives: historical, as an outgrowth of professionalism, in the culture of higher education, and management theory. Suggests that some form of centralized control will...
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Adult education in the United States is again beginning to emerge as a potentially important dimension of national policy as a way to retrain the work force to be internationally competitive. Skepticism has been expresse...
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An administrative change in faculty hiring in a continuing education department was assessed in five ways, concluding that the adult education program improved, the number of scheduled courses increased, students evaluat...
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Adult/continuing education leaders should use the visioning technique of multiple scenario building to move beyond institutional limitations and seek new opportunities to improve adult and continuing education. (SK)...
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In the 10 years of its existence (1951-61), the Ford Foundation's Fund for Adult Education (FAE) expended over $47 million on behalf of adult and continuing education. The FAE supported organizations with similar objecti...
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Examines the role of continuing education, both historically and in current sociological perspective, within the culture of higher education. Stresses the need for literature about the nature and culture of continuing hi...