Continuing Education

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Division of Continuing Education

The Division of Continuing Education was the branch of the university dedicated to extended educational course and programs to the general population. These were not degree programs. Over the years there have been several nationally known programs such as Women's Studies.

This program grew from a highly successful Continuing Education for Women (CEW) project founded in 1965 and led by Professor Ruth Osborn. These CEW students, many of them college graduates influenced by the Women's Movement, wanted graduate work that would enable them to help other women. With demonstrated student demand, Dr. Osborn persuaded the administration to approve an interdisciplinary M.A. degree comparable to other Special Studies M.A. degrees in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Today this program is known as the College of Professional Studies.

See also: Division of Continuing Education Records/RG0016[1]

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Date Added to Encyclopedia: December 11, 2006
Prepared by:G. David Anderson, University Archivist and Historian

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