SENATE DOCUMENT #17 

                       ACADEMIC POLICIES COMMITTEE

                               DOCUMENT #12

                                 1984-85



The Academic Policies Committee recommends adoption of the following statement 
of policy in regard to the granting of continuing education units (C.E.U.'s):


     The University of North Carolina at Asheville will conform to the 
standards for awarding Individual Continuing Education Units as set forth by 
the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and 
Schools.  The criteria established are:

     1.  Content is selected and is organized in a sequential manner.

     2.  There is evidence of pre-planning which should include opportunity
         for input by a representative of the target group to be served, the 
         faculty area having content expertise, and continuing education
         personnel.

     3.  The activity is of an instructional nature and is sponsored or
         approved by an academic or administrative unit of the institution
         best qualified to affect the quality of the program content and to 
         approve the resource personnel utilized.

     4.  There is a provision for registration for individual participants
         and to provide data for institutional reporting.

     5.  Appropriate evaluation procedures are utilized and criteria are
         established for awarding C.E.U.'s to individual students prior
         to the beginning of the activity.  This may include the
         evaluation of student performance, instructional procedures, and 
         course effectivenes.

     Adherence to these guidelines means that the Director of the Center for 
Continuing Education should examine carefully programs before awarding 
C.E.U.'s to their participants.  In addition to applying the above criteria, 
the Center should submit all program information to the appropriate academic 
departments within the University for recommendations.  Once received these 
should be forwarded to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for final 
approval or disapproval.  If approved, the C.E.U.'s would be awarded.


Rationale:

UNCA subscribes to the accepted policies on granting C.E.U.'s for some 
educational experiences that do not receive academic credit.  However, a more 
explicit policy is needed, especially for situations in which non-University 
groups ask us to grant C.E.U.'s for their programs.  Often their program and 
our official certification can be genuinely beneficial to a certain clientele. 
To make this possible and to insure our closer involvement in the program, we 
propose the formal adoption of the above guidelines prepared by the Commission 
on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.