Abstract
In the Fall 2007 issue of CJUCE, Scott McLean reviewed and analyzed the public claims made by university continuing education (UCE) units about the purpose of their work. He hoped that his survey would promote informed reflection and dialogue about these purposes and generate debate about the future direction of UCE in Canada. This article takes up that challenge and suggests ways in which we might rekindle some of the earlier passion and commitment to a broader and more explicitly social orientation.
Highlights
Scott McLean’s (2007) comprehensive website survey of the purposes of continuing education has helped me out
If the persistent go on to query what that means, I launch into a potted history of the adult education and extension movements in Canada and Great Britain and the proud 100-year-old tradition of universities opening their doors and providing opportunities to the educationally and socially disadvantaged
I believe that all inconsistencies between educational rhetoric and practice should be identified and confronted, especially when they occur in academic institutions that claim to promote lifelong learning
Summary
Scott McLean’s (2007) comprehensive website survey of the purposes of continuing education has helped me out. I believe that all inconsistencies between educational rhetoric and practice should be identified and confronted, especially when they occur in academic institutions that claim to promote lifelong learning.
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