Definition of "continuing education" []

• An instructional program that brings participants up to date in a particular area of knowledge or skills. (noun)
• Instructional courses designed especially for part-time adult students. (noun)

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• "The Yale Law School certificates she'd noticed on his wall must have been for continuing education courses, he'd gotten his law degree from Brooklyn Law at night while working as a process server during the day — serving subpoenas in some of the toughest parts of the outer boroughs."
• "Since then, the profession of counselors of alcoholism has grown rapidly, and now the training, the standards of certification, and the continuing education of the counselor ensure the quality of care essential for the success of treatment programs, both inpatient and outpatient, aversive and nonaversive.8"
• "The academy offers students the opportunity to take continuing education classes from teachers with backgrounds in various healing modalities, including rebirthing, focusing, and NLR The academy also offers a practical skills internship program, during which students complete twenty-five hours of supervised sessions."