Hello and welcome to one of the largest and most versatile educational outreach programs in the world.

Open University & Continuing Education at Florida Atlantic University provides comprehensive, high-energy, consumer-oriented learning programs. Over the past decade, educational outreach at FAU has become an $8.2 million operation.

Why mention dollars first? Well, OUCE must support itself from the fees paid by satisfied students and clients, which is an incentive for entrepreneurial behavior that emphasizes quality and service. This dedication to quality and service has produced a world-class educational enterprise that in 1999-2000 had more than 15,000 students in continuing education courses, 5,500 students in workforce development programs, 2,300 distance education students and 18,000 members of its Lifelong Learning Society.

An operation on this scale requires a commitment to some basic, core values. Customer satisfaction, entrepreneurial behavior and quality courses and instruction have already been mentioned. Yet, OUCE has no greater resource than its people---their creativity, their commitment to excellence and their strong belief in the value of what they are doing.

I invite you to get to know us, and we want to get to know you, and, in order to do this better, OUCE has launched a number of online communities. All you need is email and a desire to work and learn together. I invite you to join with me once a week to discuss subjects of mutual interest and especially for me to get to know better what you want from FAU.