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Download full textMatteson, H. R.; Thompson, J. F. – 1972
A study was conducted to determine why some young farmers continue to attend Wisconsin's five-year (part-time) instructional program and others drop out. Specifically, both groups were compared in personal characteristics, satisfaction regarding in-class instruction, satisfaction regarding on-farm instruction, and relevance of program to student's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education
Farquhar, R. N. – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a comprehensive survey of education and training for agriculture in Australia. The present facilities are described, and then set against estimates of present and future needs. Constructive proposals are made as to how these needs can best be met by agricultural…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agronomy
Broadbent, R. F., Ed. – 1981
The 11 papers in this collection focus on isolation in education, with emphasis on problems associated with geographical remoteness, and with socio-cultural barriers also giving rise to isolation. Five papers concentrate on distance education and possible measures which can be used in social and educational processes to deal with isolation;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Demand, Equal Education, Ethnic Groups
Forest, Laverne B.; Marshall, Mary G. – 1977
Two-thirds of the 33,000 residents of Shawano County, Wisconsin, live in rural areas; agricultural interests comprise 30% of the employment economy. Inventories of Extension programs from 1960 to 1975 and telephone interviews with county and community leaders and a random sample of 1192 county residents yielded data for this survey. Most adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Evaluation Criteria
DEINES, VERNON P. – 1967
THE FIRST IN A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS OF URBANIZATION AND TO ESTABLISH A DIALOGUE BETWEEN URBAN PLANNERS AND PLANNING THEORETICIANS THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION EXTENSION, THIS ESSAY FOCUSES ON THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF URBANIZATION, THE EXTENT OF THE NEED FOR URBAN PLANNING, THE PURPOSES AND…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Planning, Extension Education
Shriver, Howard Arnette – 1969
This study was to discover the effect of the merger of various extension units at West Virginia University into the Appalachian Center. Data were collected by a questionnaire. The 131 respondents consisted of 50 county agents, 46 4-H agents, and 35 home agents, and comprised 96% of the state extension agents. Regression analysis, consisting of…
Descriptors: Audiences, Doctoral Dissertations, Extension Agents, Extension Education
Byram, Martin L.; And Others – 1986
This manual is intended for extension workers involved in rural development programs in developing nations. The focus is on communication skills and education and is aimed at the trainers of extension workers. There are four main sections with each section divided into units with handouts and activities. Section 1, "Basic Education…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Developing Nations, Extension Agents
Word, U.G., Jr. – 1968
This document presents the program roles and relationships of county extension professionals, extension program assistants, program aides, volunteer program aides, and volunteer helpers in the Arkansas Special Youth Project. For each of these capacities, specific duties are outlined showing how each relates to disadvantaged youth and to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Mobility
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. Inst. for Higher Educational Opportunity. – 1972
Recommendations for maintaining relevant programs which resulted from this meeting of college and university presidents and administrators are applicable to all colleges and universities offering programs of agriculture in the region. Given in this report are two major presentations entitled "The Integration of Knowledge in a Specialized Society"…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agriculture, Business, Conference Reports
Tompkins, E. H.; And Others – 1973
The report presents information about client families and their farms during their contact with the Vermont Rural and Farm Family Rehabilitation (RFFR) project from March 1, 1969 to June 30, 1971. Data are from 450 family case histories which include 2,089 members. Most were from northern Vermont. Families averaged 4.64 persons each, about 1 more…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Disabilities, Extension Agents, Extension Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1972
The sixth annual report of the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education presents recommendations based on a review of 142 Federal programs, in addition to Title I programs, which in whole or in part fund extension, continuing education and community services activities. The report consists of a summary of current and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Community Services, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedGassaway, Bob M. – Journal of Extension, 1978
To strengthen extension programs in the six-county Meramec area of Missouri, the University of Missouri extension staff used Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds to train people to survey area rural residents, to provide jobs for CETA workers, and to present extension programs to residents, meshing extension and CETA programs.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Programs, Extension Education
Peer reviewedRogers, Everett M. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1992
This article reviews lessons learned from the agricultural extension model that may apply to the proposed cooperative extension service in education. The agricultural extension model is a user-oriented system linking knowledge producers with other knowledge users. In education, the adopters of innovations may be organizations as well as…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Extension Education
Hayes, Mike – 1984
A study was conducted to measure the role perceptions of the Georgia Extension Service in rural counties as viewed by three relevant sample groups: members of voluntary associations, leaders of the Harris County community, and professional County Extension Service personnel serving rural counties. Mailed surveys were answered by 69 voluntary…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1990
Cooperative Extension Service personnel from 13 Southern states attended a conference on rural revitalization, focusing on Extension's role in (1) economic development, (2) human capital, and (3) infrastructure; 17 of the 22 papers presented are divided among those categories. Three of the remaining papers provide respectively, an overview of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Extension Education
