"Overview of the 84th Annual UCEA Conference: Blurring the Boundaries o" by Karen Berthold, David Grossman et al.
 

Abstract

To meet the challenges of the next century, continuing higher education is recreating itself to assume position of campus-wide leadership. Traditional continuing education units that were simply the university's off-campus course providers are using their organizational flexibility to take on innovative and expanded roles that include for-profit distance learning centers, international educational partnerships, welfare-to-work initiatives, and post-baccalaureate programs for the changing workforce. While maintaining the academy's high standards of scholarship and research, continuing education is also being asked to become a lead voice in conceiving the new academy and in linking the university to the demands of society. These new roles and initiatives are resulting in unprecedented growth and a reconfiguration of the academy's traditional relationships.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1999

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 1999 UCEA. This article first appeared in Continuing Higher Education Review 63 (Fall 1999): 129-38.

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