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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome (Italy). – 1972
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) publications and documents issued by the Human Resources and Institutions division and by other technical divisions in the technical, economic, and social fields are selected, annotated and indexed in this bibliography. Documents issued prior to 1967 are not included but can be found in the Rural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum, Documentation
Download full textHaskins, Jack B. – 1975
The opinions of 533 Tennesseans were gathered in a survey conducted in late 1974. It was found that Tennesseans have somewhat more confidence in higher education than do Americans generally, with 43.7 percent saying they have great confidence, 46.5 percent saying they have some confidence, and 4.5 percent saying they have no confidence. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Finance, Extramural Athletics, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMoore, G. A. B. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1985
Reports on University of Guelph field trials with Telidon, a videotex system, as the medium for an agricultural information service for Ontario farmers and as an instructional medium for testing and feedback in classrooms. From these experiences, conclusions are drawn about the potential of videotex for traditional and distance education. (MBR)
Descriptors: Costs, Distance Education, Field Tests, Foreign Countries
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1999
The Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) is one of four regional rural development centers in the nation. SRDC coordinates rural development research and extension education programs cooperatively with the 29 land-grant institutions in 13 Southern states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. This annual report outlines activities undertaken by…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Development, Higher Education, Human Capital
Gianneschi, Matt; Yanagiura, Takeshi – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2007
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is a tool to help policy makers and educators address broad public policy questions. SHEF seeks to inform policy deliberations with information and perspective on financial issues and national trends. The fiscal year 2006 SHEF study builds on the work of Kent Halstead, who conceptualized and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Public Policy, Policy Formation
Gianneschi, Matt; Tanagiura, Takeshi – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2007
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is a tool to help policy makers and educators address broad public policy questions. SHEF seeks to inform policy deliberations with information and perspective on financial issues and national trends. The fiscal 2006 SHEF study builds on the work of Kent Halstead, who conceptualized and implemented…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Public Policy, Policy Formation
Williams, Thomas T., Ed. – 1984
The Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC) provides a forum for participants to articulate strategies to improve the quality of life for rural people. The PAWC is designed to provide a forum for people involved with university programs to exchange ideas and information; encourage development of action-oriented activities directed at…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Economic Development, Federal Programs
CHILDS, GAYLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1960
IN THIS RETROSPECTIVE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, 1897 THROUGH 1960, ABOUT 1000 BOOKS, RESEARCH REPORTS, POPULAR AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY ARE CITED OR ABSTRACTED. THE MAJOR AREAS OF SUBJECT MATTER INCLUDE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, RURAL AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Cooperative Extension Service. – 2002
This publication outlines the history of the migrant program at Cornell University (New York) and describes its recent accomplishments and characteristics. The Cornell Migrant Program (CMP) is among the oldest of the land-grant universities' migrant extension efforts and the most comprehensive in approach. The first half of this document presents…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Fell, Richard F. – 1998
The Rural Extension Centre at the University of Queensland (Australia) Gatton College provides accredited education and training for practicing rural extension professionals, from certificate to masters level, through a workplace-based program of adult learning projects and workshops. Action learning and the application of adult learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Learning, Educational Environment
Neyland, Leedell W. – 1990
Since 1890, historically black land-grant colleges and universities have delivered quality teaching, research, and extension service primarily to black people in Southern and border states. The Second Morrill Act of 1890 required that all land-grant funds be equitably divided in states that maintained separate schools for races. Tuskeegee…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, Black Achievement, Black Colleges
Alberta Univ., Edmonton. The Senate. – 1993
This publication reports on the progress that the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada has made to respond to the higher education needs of the northern region of Canada. In particular this report evaluates the progress made after 3 years on a series of formal recommendations proposed in 1988. The paper lists each of the recommendations and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Distance Education, Educational Needs
Beaulieu, Lionel J. – 1987
Since the advent of the 1980s, the economic viability of many farm operations has been severely jeopardized. Although attention has been directed primarily to the Midwest, in many respects farm stress has been greater in the South than in any other region. What is clear, however, is that the crisis is not strictly an agricultural one. Rather, a…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Factors, Extension Education, Federal State Relationship
Hengesbaugh, Jean Houger – 1981
A continuing education program to provide technical training or consultation for laboratory technologists practicing in rural and urban Utah has been established by the Centers for Disease Control and the Utah State Department of Health under the name Project PEER (Pursuing Excellence through Education Regionally). The core of the program is a…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Technology
Lacy, William B.; And Others – 1979
The recent conceptualization of organizations as "open" adaptive systems rather than "closed" systems has lead to increased interest in the relationship between the organization and its significant environmental influences. In order to study the perceived sources of internal (organizational) and external (environmental)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Environmental Influences, Extension Agents
