Central administrators in colleges and universities are beginning to turn to continuing education for answers for credit and degree programs.
“Continuing education is poised at the brink of a shift of mammoth proportion as the changing society makes unrelenting demands on the delivery of education to American workers,” says LERN’s Julie Coates.
That's why LERN has developed a four-day Institute on the subject for 2012.
There are several factors driving this new shift:
- Turn-around time. Continuing education can create credit programs in as little as 3 months, while academic departments usually take 18 months.
- Marketing power. Continuing educators know how to market programs.
- Formats. Continuing education can more easily create a variety of formats, including accelerated and fast-track courses.
- Most 18 to 22-year-old students are now non-traditional students in terms of lifestyle and work. Continuing educators understand the needs of working students and how to respond
to them.
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