4 The RAPS Sheet March 2021 MOST ACADEMIC UNITS at Portland State are pretty stable. Programs may transition, names may change, schools may become colleges, centers may develop, units may close and be subsumed under other units, but most continue to exist in some form. With some exceptions, at PSU much of what was previously offered under the banners of DCE/SES has been absorbed into departmental credit offerings. We don’t want all of the students DCE/SES served, the programs it offered, and the innovations it supported to be forgotten, so let’s see what you remember: 1. What and when were the origins of PSU’s DCE? a. 1932, when the state began offering remedial education b. 1965, when it started offering a summer Head Start program c. 1969, when PSU transitioned to offering its own Summer Session d. 1971, when PSU began offering evening classes e. 1973, when Bob Nicholas was named Dean of DCE 2. What services did the State Technical Assistance and Training Office/Early Childhood Training Center provide? a. Offering summer Head Start sessions b. Evaluation of Head Start programs c. Training on serving students with different abilities d. Consulting with and training Head Start program staff e. All of the above. 3. Who was the first dean of DCE/SES? a. Sherwin Davidson b. Robert Nicholas c. Michael Burton d. Mike Stockstill e. Dona Beattie 4. Which programs were, at some point, part of DCE/SES? a. Correspondence Study b. Degree completion/Extended Campus c. Northwest Equals d. Math Learning Center e. All of the above 5. In partnership with DCE/SES, The School of Business and The School of Social Work were the first PSU Schools to offer: a. Audio-only classes distributed to sites state-wide b. Master’s programs at multiple sites statewide with a mix of on-site, in-person and technology-supported instruction c. A YouTube channel featuring non-credit instruction d. Saturday only classes e. Evening only classes 6. The Professional Development Center/Center for Executive and Professional Education offered which of the following programs: a. Human Resource Management b. Business of Craft Brewing c. Project Management d. Change Management e. All of the above 7. Was DCE/SES always a self-support program? a. Yes b. No 8. A significant and popular feature of Continuing Education in the School of Education was: a. Its work with schools to deliver what teachers said they needed b. Widely varying formats and times to accommodate teachers’ schedules c. Credits that assisted with continuing education and licensure requirements d. School of Education faculty offering time-intensive workshops in their areas of expertise e. All of the above 9. In which year did the PSU Faculty Senate officially designate DCE as a division within the Faculty Senate? a. 1972 b. 1978 c. 1982 d. 1989 e. None of the above 10.The Haystack Program: a. Originated as agricultural continuing education at OSU b. Was offered year-round for credit on-campus c. Was a summer program in the arts offered at Cannon Beach d. Featured only summer writing workshops e. Showcased only PSU tenured and tenure-track faculty For answers to these questions and much more in-depth information about DCE/SES, go to https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/rememberpsu_essays/5/ PORTLAND STATE CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBERING THE . . . Division of Continuing Education (DCE) / School of Extended Studies (SES)
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