“…Judging from the literature (Alexander, 1997;Burbules & Callister, 2000;Cruikshank, 1994;Haughey, 1998;Isley, 1992;Selman, 1994;Wilson & Cervero, 2001), university continuing educators are divided between those who wish to respond to market demands and those who advocate a return to our social justice roots, what Selman (1985) called the "profession" and the "movement." This debate has been especially prominent in the Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education (Cruikshank, 1996(Cruikshank, , 1998Cunningham, 1992;Hass, 1992;Karpiak & Kops, 1995;Lamble & Thompson, 2000;Lauzon, 2000;McLean, 1996;Selman, 1985;Stern, 1992). We believe that the issue is of central importance to Canadian university continuing educators, but that it is not as polarized as it first appears.…”