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By Paige McClellan
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Continuing education at UK falls ~ ~ ’ L _ 5 ,   i —    ·· ., { —';       1 , [   i__    tr!
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under University Extension, which _   A _   _   ,2% ie      ,..          , 7 V
provides a variety of services from   1   ` 3 ··   V wl] ' ~       ·   »
academic support to community e         L  _ `i  ,  * •g  .»·. _ .  
education. lt should not be confused   Q.-. .;»    ,$__»y·’ {  e i · T Y, "·     I! ·     1
with Agriculture Extension services, ii,  `—f_,,‘ lg; é VP "le ie; { ‘,, _
which is a commitment growing out of .,·j?* if ~ `   [2 "   ‘.~—<5   0  
UK's land grant status. = _ "" i _   '  __ , f if _· `yd i m '  ‘
Dr. Stephen Langston, dean of ,, ·' »— ·"‘ `i`   °  'i ' _   ii —~,__%..    
University Extension, said that offering J, `L ` *'_,__ ".»¤···"’   ' —  _` __ _  
a variety of ways to take courses is . W"  ,_, V   7, ’~,:.   , lh  " ii`i i   `   t
often helpful to the adult student, » ‘     ‘ .{g?s\    y- .
"\Y/hen you deal with adult learning, if ~. _ .i/ [ga- TQ:}. ‘:g,·\'t®   {Q    
you`re going to be successful you have g ·   ` ° - _ ` _ , *·¤’;\_)  —·,’,"_,___.·&,:¥a  ‘ t!·:g, _ \  "’ »,
to become student-oriented, The more = V · - ” ·* · it ··  .’£<»aA• —»—· ~ ·  
Options there ure, the more   you Continuing education meonsodultsintheclossroom. I
are to fit the needs of those students." "It's turned out to be a very valuable Dr. Langston agrees that 1
Some of the alternatives available to service," he said. Its use has increased professionals must keep up with g
iitlult students ure evening classes, from 50 calls per month during the fall current issues and practices in their l
Saturday classes, television classes and semester to approximately 250 calls fields, and continuing education may
Independent Study or correspondence per month during the spring semester. perhaps help them to provide better
classes. Dr. Langston noted that Students most often use the line to speak services to the community. However,
although the television class program to an instructor, administrative officer, he does not feel that continuing
is presently very small, he expects it to or to the extension librarian, who assists education should be a mandatory
"become more important as time goes off—campus students with research. requirement for professionals.
on." The evening class program now University Extension, located in "If what the person wants is |
has the largest enrollment of the four Frazee Hall, offers both credit and certification, they`ll take the course ·
alternatives. non-credit courses. Students who take with the least possible effort and the .
Because many students do not live in non-credit courses receive Continuing least possible price rather than with
Lexington, but would like information Education Units (CEUs) in recognition the most knowledge. This decreases the
about enrolling in classes at UK, Dr. of the fact that they participated in the quality of the Classes," he said.
Langston last fall established a course. Professionals such as He notes less decrease in quality ,
statewide toll free number that pharmacists, nurses, and dentists are among the health professions because 1
students may call from 8 a.m. to 4:50 often required to earn a certain number "peopleis lives are inV0lVed."
p.m. Monday through Friday. That of CEUs in order to maintain their "People who are going to be  
number is l.3()().43Q-()<)63_ license practicing up-to-date professionally are  
 
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