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Mission Statement
The Mission of Continuing Education is to facilitate departmental programs in non-traditional environments, to be a link for community educational needs and the college, to act as an incubation facilitator for new programs and to coordinate common marketing and public relations for non-traditional programs.
The Division of Continuing Education cooperates with other divisions of the College as well as various organizations and agencies within the community in making educational opportunities available to all persons in the College’s Service area. Theses opportunities are offered through the Evening School, Summer School, workshops, seminars, off campus programs, or special short courses with and without credit. CEU attempts to offer any desirable course that is requested providing resources are available and a qualified instructor can be located.
Function
The Division of Continuing falls under the office of the Academic Vice president. The Continuing Education Division manages, coordinates and markets the non-traditional programs of the College. In coordination with the other divisions it expands the college offerings into non-traditional time frames by promoting courses in the summer, the evening and in short term intensive formats. These can be for credit or non-credit. It also acts as a link to the community by providing personal enrichment and lifelong learning programs. These are programs set up in response to community requests and designed to meet the needs of citizens who wish to make learning a continuous part of their lives. This learning process may enhance their employment or just satisfy their needs for enrichment. These offerings go beyond the academic formats and are intended for the enhancement of skills and learning processes that emphasize “hands on” training and can be repeated as many times as the individual needs. Generally these community courses do not lead to specific degrees, but rather emphasize learning skills and self improvement. Continuing Education also acts as an incubator for new and non-traditional programs that require rapid response to meet the need of customers and businesses. These can be in response to short term intensive programs or in designing and coordinating curriculum that customers require but must go through the Regents New Program
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