Lifelong learning and the academy : the changing nature of continuing education

Cantor, Jeffrey A. (Author).

Record details

Physical Description: print
xi, 104 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-96) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

New demands and new opportunities for professional continuing education: a mission in flux -- A definition of professional continuing education -- Professional continuing education and a free market economy: demand motivates growth -- A challenge to traditional academe -- Emerging trends: an overview of the work -- Professional continuing education, knowledge management, and the workplace: a growing industry -- How does business spend for training? -- What kinds of training do businesses seek for their employees? -- Where do businesses turn for training support? -- Credentialing: the new standard -- Professional continuing education as a means of regulating professional practice -- The purpose of continuing education for professional regulation -- Who benefits from continuing education for professional regulation? -- Advocacy organizations: a venue for industry-based practice standards -- Playing in the sandbox together -- Skills certifications as bridge builders -- Emerging providers of professional continuing education -- Professional associations -- Commercial vendors -- Proprietary schools and colleges -- Not-for-profit organizations -- The increase in partnerships delivering professional continuing education -- Partnerships for professional continuing education in the health care professions -- Professional continuing education for information technology workers -- Continuing professional education for public school educatiors -- Partnerships and delivery modes for public safety workers -- Partnerships and delivery modes for business and finance professions -- Epilogue: professional contginuing education into the twenty-first century.