Continuing+Education

=Continuing Education (N=19)=


 * Definition 1:** (1) Education aimed at maintaining professional credentials, skills, etc; sometimes used synonymously with professional development; (2) adult education
 * Source:** http://www.insearchofdiogenes.com/?page_id=11
 * Focus:** Personal/Professional Development


 * Definition 2:** Within the domain of Continuing Education, professional continuing education is a specific learning activity generally characterized by the issuance of a certificate or Continuing Education Units (CEU) for the purpose of documenting attendance at a designated seminar or course of instruction. Licensing bodies in a number of fields impose a continuing education requirements on members who hold licenses to practice within a particular profession. These requirements are intended to encourage professionals to expand their knowledge base and stay up-to-date on new developments. Depending on the field, these requirements may be satisfied through college or university coursework, extension courses or conferences and seminars attendance.
 * Source:** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_education
 * Focus:** Personal/Professional Development


 * Definition 3:** Continuing education courses, programs or organized learning experiences are usually taken after a degree is obtained to enhance personal or professional goals. ...Continuing education: allows you to pursue areas of professional or personal interest or to enhance your professional qualifications in an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing labour market....
 * Source:** http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/continuing/
 * Focus:** Personal/Professional Development


 * Definition 4:** Courses, programs, or organized learning experiences usually taken after a degree is obtained to enhance personal or professional goals. Distance Education courses are often listed within the Continuing Education Department at universities.
 * Source:** http://www.oregonone.org/glossary.htm
 * Focus:** Personal/Professional Development


 * Definition 5:** Continuing education [SCOPE NOTE: Includes educational programs designed to update the knowledge and skills, particularly professional skills; includes continuing education credit in a formal setting such as a university] Broader Terms: Education ; Related Terms: Adult education, Counselor education, Professional occupations, Professional training, Staff development, Training, Workshops
 * Source:** http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/thesaurus/index.php?letter=c
 * Focus:** Personal/Professional Development


 * Definition 6:** A lifelong learning process which builds on and modifies previously acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes of the individual.
 * Source:** http://www.odl.state.ok.us/servlibs/certprog/progdef.htm
 * Focus:** Personal/Professional Development


 * Definition 7:** Continuing Education: part-time or short-term educational activities or training offered by an institution on a cost-recovery basis. (See Leveraged Activity)
 * Source:** http://www.scoea.bc.ca/glossary2001.htm
 * Focus:** Personal/Professional Development

Education that is in addition to the educational requirements for entry into a profession. Continuing education helps health care professionals become aware of new developments in their field.
 * Definition 8:** Continuing Education
 * Source:** https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hpqa1/HPQAGlossary2.htm
 * Focus:** Health Care

//Business Dictionary:// Continuing Education: Courses offered by colleges or others that are not for degree credit. Many professions require those licensed in the profession to take a certain number of continuing education hours each year. //Dental Dictionary:// continuing education: Postgraduate study offered either in an institution of higher learning by groups with an organized dental program or by individuals who are especially qualified in certain areas. Required by some state licensing boards for license renewal. Credit accumulates for special qualifications to join special interest groups. //Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:// continuing education: Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). Empire College of the State University of New York was the first to be devoted exclusively to adult learning (1969). Continuing education includes such diverse methods as independent study; broadcast, videotape, online, and other forms of distance learning; group discussion and study circles; conferences, seminars, and workshops; and full- or part-time classroom study. Remedial programs, such as high-school equivalency and basic literacy programs, are common. In recent years the variety of subject matter has expanded greatly to include such topics as auto repair, retirement planning, and computer skills. See also Chautauqua movement. //Veterinary Dictionary:// continuing education: Educational courses relating to veterinary science, provided by an institution or recognized organization which supplements, brings up to date and refreshes the information that the graduate veterinarian already has. In some countries and professions a specified amount of such education is required to be completed each year by each veterinarian who wishes to continue his/her registration.
 * Definition 9:** //Dictionary:// continuing education 1. An instructional program that brings participants up to date in a particular area of knowledge or skills. 2. Instructional courses designed especially for part-time adult students.
 * Source:** http://www.answers.com/topic/continuing-education
 * Focus:** Broad


 * Definition 10:** Job-related continuing education and training refers to all organised, systematic education and training activities in which people take part in order to obtain knowledge and/or learn new skills for a current or a future job, to increase earnings, to improve job and/or career opportunities in a current or another field and generally to improve their opportunities for advancement and promotion.
 * Source:** http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5383
 * Focus:** Education and training statistics


 * Definition 11:** A program of classes for adult students offered by a college, university, etc. on a part-time basis, as for updating knowledge and skills in a professional field such as medicine
 * Source:** http://www.yourdictionary.com/continuing-education
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 12:** 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
 * Source:** http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/continuingeducation.htm
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 13:** 1. An instructional program that brings participants up to date in a particular area of knowledge or skills. 2. Instructional courses designed especially for part-time adult students.
 * Source:** http://www.thefreedictionary.com/continuing+education
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 14:** General continuing education is similar to adult education, at least in being intended for adult learners, especially those beyond traditional undergraduate college or university age. However, it is not normally considered to include basic instruction such as literacy, English language skills, or programs such as vocational training or GED preparation. Instead, as the term suggests, it is assumed that the student already has an education and is simply continuing it.
 * Source:** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_education
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 15:** continuing education -a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time
 * Source:** http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=continuing%20education
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 16:** (1) Education aimed at maintaining professional credentials, skills, etc; sometimes used synonymously with professional development; (2) adult education
 * Source:** http://www.insearchofdiogenes.com/?page_id=11
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 17:** Ongoing education, often required. As in NACHI’s Continuing Education Policy
 * Source:** [|www.totalhousecheck.com/glossary.htm]
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 18:** Continuing Education: Continuing Education is a category that indicates a collection of courses for completion of a specialized program of study. The Continuing Education category includes for-credit program of study (awarding a specific number of credits), Continuing Education Units (CEU), and the broader non-credit program of study commonly known as Continuing Education.
 * Source:** http://www.iseek.org/static/awards.htm
 * Focus:** Education


 * Definition 19:** Continuing Education: A person who was enrolled in an institution of higher learning for any part of the previous state fiscal year.
 * Source:** http://www.utdallas.edu/residency/glossary.html
 * Focus:** Education