1968

Task Force effort commissioned by the U.S. Bureau of Education

• Feasibility of measuring noncredit activities in Continuing Education

1970

Term "CEU" was standardized as 10 hours

• 10 contact hours

1974

Continuing Education Unit Criteria and Guidelines published

• Conditions under which CEUs could be awarded

1977

Council on the Continuing Education Unit

• Encouraged to become a certifying body

1984

Principles of Good Practice in Continuing Education

1990

International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

• A membership organization with International members

1992

Certified Provider Program implemented

1998

The Certified Provider Program developed into the Authorized Provider Program

• Standards raised and IACET CEU created

2003

Distance Learning Guidelines integrated into the Criteria

2004

LSU Program

• License the use of copyrighted IACET Standards to non-profit corporations, associations, or government agencies
• Use them as the basis of continuing education and/or training standards specific to their fields of expertise

2005

IACET Council on Standards Development (ICSD) formed

2006

Approved as American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards Developer

2007

• Part of US delegation to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC232
• IACET Standard approved by ANSI on October 5

2008

IACET introduces new ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard and Authorized Provider application