Analytic Quality Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Home
Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004-24, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Continuing education
Continuing education is:
1. a generic term for any programme of study (award-bearing or not) beyond compulsory education.
2. post-compulsory education of a short-term nature that does not lead directly to a major higher education qualification.
The specific meaning (definition 2) refers to activities that may contribute towards credit towards a higher education qualification but are not principally designed to do so. An example of this would be a foreign-language class taken once a week.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2010) defines continuing education as:
Continuing education students are on courses normally lasting less than one year; they are usually part-time. Continuing education can be award-bearing or non-award bearing and vocational or non-vocational
An American view is:
Continuing education course: A course outside the regular academic instructional program, for which standard academic fees and tuition are (usually) not charged. While most often these courses do not earn academic credits, they can provide CEU's necessary for professional development or lead to professional certifications. (NTNC, 2002)
Note, in The American context a continuing education unit is not the unit or department that provides continuing education but:
Continuing Education Unit (CEU): the amount of credit given for participating in a continuing education course or training session. CEU's are rarely considered as equivalent to academic credit. (NTNC, 2002)
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