During the past
20 years Dean Stern has helped earn an impressive reputation for
UC Berkeley Extension, now one of the more successful and
imaginative university continuing education programs in the
country.
Recognized
throughout the international continuing education community,
Dean Stern has been a champion of and spokesman for continuing
education for almost 50 years. He is a master at coining phrases
to capture popular attention for important concepts. In his many
books, articles, and speeches, with ideas such as the "40-year
curriculum," "post-tertiary education," and "the invisible
university." he has developed a style of thinking about
continuing education that has come to define the field.
In addition to
the high regard of his peers, Dean Stern has received numerous
honors and awards, including an honorary Doctorate of Humane
Letters from the John Hopkins University; Chevalier dans I'ordre
des Palmes Académiques from the French government; the Paul A.
McGhee Medal conferred by New York University; and the Julius M.
Nolte award, the highest award conferred by the National
University Continuing Education Association.
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Lifelong Learning. University of California Berkeley
Extension, Course Catalog.
(Fall 1991), Inside front cover.