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Title: Continuing education Post by: Bellia balaba on October 23, 2007, 10:28:31 PM General continuing education is similar to adult education (http://4adult-education.net), at least in being intended for adult learners, especially those beyond traditional undergraduate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergraduate) college (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College) or university (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University) age. However, it is not normally considered to include basic instruction such as literacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy), English language (http://language-school.biz) skills, or programs such as vocational training or GED preparation. Instead, as the term suggests, it is assumed that the students (http://students.net/) already has an education and is simply continuing it.
Frequently, in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), continuing education involves enrollment in college/university credit-granting courses, often by students enrolled part-time, and often offered through a division or school of continuing education (http://4online-university.info) of a college/university known sometimes as the university extension or extension school. Also frequently in the US, it can mean enrollment in non-credit-granting courses, often taken for personal, non-vocational enrichment (although many non-credit courses can also have a vocational function). Also, in the US, many such non-credit courses are offered by community colleges (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_college). Source by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_education |