• Learn from the foremost authorities in the field of lifelong learning programming.
  
• Take home a library of readings that will be useful for you and other staff members for years to come.
  
• Network with colleagues from all over North America.
  
• The best summer school you can attend, because you’ll learn tips, ideas, and techniques you can use on Monday morning.
  
• Use the week to refresh your mind, reenergize your spirits, and gear up for a successful year.
  
• Take back the knowledge that you have received the most comprehensive, intensive, and advanced information available.
  
• Have your knowledge validated, and find out just how much you know about our changing and sophisticated industry.
  
• After-hours discussion and interaction with participants and faculty.
  
• The opportunity to have access to faculty throughout the Institutes and to have faculty help you with specific challenges, as well as critique your brochure, web site, or any other aspect of your program.

• CEUs. Two continuing education units are awarded to participants. Just request the CEU form when registering.
  
• Certified Program Planner (CPP). Come to the LERN Institutes and go home a CPP. More than 1,000 professionals in four countries hold the CPP designation. Register for the Program Management Institute, Successful Certificate Programs Institute, or the Contract Training Institute and take the exam on Friday following the Institutes.
  
• Certificates. All Institutes provide a certificate of attendance.
  Some Institutes will provide a Certificate of Knowledge Competency upon completion of an exam.
  
• Graduate Credit. LERN Institutes are part of the curriculum for a Master’s Degree, with credit and degree awarded by the University of South Dakota.

Fast Training. Faster Results.

Only LERN has the most practical, how-to and advanced knowledge for your program. And only the LERN Institutes provide the most in-depth education for your career and your staff.