Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Nontraditional Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon deMonsabert, George Mason University; John Lanzarone, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Mico Miller, George Mason University; Barry Liner, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

their manner and work ethic and that the courses didnot improve that skill further. This is an interesting point and one that will warrant furtherdiscussion later when the USACE program is compared to the same class being offered in anacademic setting and in a non-Federal technically oriented planning and engineeringorganization.Figure 7 displays the responses of all the USACE people surveyed to help determine what someof the obstacles might be to getting improved participation in the Certificate Program. Whilestudents taking five or more courses basically said the subject matter was the biggest determiningfactor, those taking less courses indicated that additional impediments might be the time and daythe course is offered, the subject matter