This article describes the hardships of rural life encountered and witnessed by the students at the Ahfad University for Women as they participate in the university's Rural Extension Program which is required of all fourth-year students. The program involves traveling in groups to impoverished communities across Sudan to share their knowledge,…

North Carolina State's humanities-extension program operates through the university's cooperative-extension service. The program was begun when there was a realization that future interest in the humanities might drop, and the university wanted to find outreach outlets for the school's faculty members. (MLW)

Dwindling education budgets threaten a drive by Alaska natives to obtain secondary and higher education. There are calls for expansion of rural educational services to provide greater access to Western education. Learn Alaska Network, a state-wide audio-conference and instructional-television system is described. (MLW)