The Army Continuing Education System and the Standard Installation Organization: A Review of the Army Education Program and a Critical Analysis of the Controversy Surrounding Its Alignment with the Directorate of Personnel and Community Activities.
Abstract
A recently published Army Regulation, AR-5-3, Standard Installation Organization (SIO), printed in draft form, proposes to standardize the alignment of the Army Continuing Education System (ACES) under the Directorate of Personnel and Community Activities (DPCA) at post level. Reaction by some ACES personnel and some Army commanders has been critical of this approach and has prompted others to wonder why ACES should be standardized when it is functioning effectively. The purpose according to the regulation, is to provide for greater coordination throughout the Army. This purpose assumes that the ACES mission is subsumed by the DPCA exclusively, notwithstanding the fact that ACES presently conducts programs which may be considered a proponent of Training. The ACES diverse slate of educational courses and programs traverses the DPCA and the Directorate, Plans, Training, and Mobilization (DPTM) and impacts quite assiduously on the three R's - Recruitment, Readiness, and Retention.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA180735
Entities
People
- Bruce E. Mcleod Jr
Organizations
- United States Army War College