The Continuing Education Unit. Criteria and Guidelines. Final Report of the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.

The continuing education unit (CEU) has been designed to facilitate the accumulation and exchange of standardized information about individual participation in noncredit continuing education. The CEU is to be applied only after content, format, and methodology have been determined to avoid creating stereotypes in terms of program length, methods, or formats used in meeting educational objectives. One CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction. It has several uses for the individual, professional organizations, and educational administration. In awarding the CEU, administrative and program criteria must be considered. Appropriate use of the CEU is determined by Task Force guidelines. The CEU is a development resulting from the work of a task force appointed by the National Planning Conference on the Feasibility of a Uniform Crediting and Certification System for Continuing Education. (AG)