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Professor of adult education Ronald Cervero has received one of higher education's most honorable lifetime achievement awards for his leadership in adult and continuing education.
The Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) recently recognized Cervero with the 2005 Leadership Award as an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the general field of continuing higher education nationally.
I'm honored by their belief that my leadership has made a difference for adult students in higher education, Cervero said.
Cervero, who has become one of the nation's most preeminent scholars in adult and continuing education, is head of the College of Education's department of lifelong education, administration, and policy. He has contributed much groundbreaking theory and research to the field, including six books he authored or edited, 28 book chapters and 57 articles he authored or co-authored. Two of his books, Effective Continuing Education for Professionals and Planning Responsibly for Adult Education: A Guide to Negotiation Power and Interests, are used as primary sources in adult education throughout North America.
In 2003, Cervero was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame in recognition of his career achievements. Three of his journal articles have received Okes Awards for Research from the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) in 2001, 1998 and 1996. His work has received the 1989 Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education and the 1990 Frandson Award for Literature in Continuing Education.
ACHE also recognized Cervero's national reputation as an outstanding teacher. He has served as a visiting professor at Harvard University, University of British Columbia, Penn State University, and Columbia University among others. He was nominated by his COE peers for UGA's highest teaching award and was voted the College's Outstanding Teacher in 1997.
Cervero earned his Ph.D. in adult education from the University of Chicago and taught at Northern Illinois University before joining the UGA faculty 18 years ago.
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