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Direct linkNelson-Smith, Kenyetta – Journal of Extension, 2011
With education failing nationwide and economic restraints affecting both rural and urban educational institutions, Extension should be taking a more aggressive stance instead of operating in what has now become the way of Extension and "collecting numbers." Why isn't Extension more visible in the urban populations that reside in our own backyards?…
Descriptors: Urban Population, Urban Education, Extension Education, Urban Extension
Konan, Mildred – 1971
The report evaluates the impact of paraprofessionals in a program of planned change, the Cornell-OEO Project in South Brooklyn, which employed and trained local women to serve as family assistants to increase the competence and knowledge of low-income homemakers in the area. Findings indicate that programs where paraprofessionals communicate…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Involvement, Community Services, Extension Education
Boyd, Robert D., Ed. – 1969
In this collection of ten papers, information and ideas are presented on the roles of university adult educators as change agents in urban America. The first paper places certain issues of urban extension and change in a historical and sociological perspective. Another paper urges stronger ties between nonprofessional and professional workers in…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Change Agents, Disadvantaged, Indigenous Personnel
Morphet, Edgar L., Ed.; Ryan, Charles O., Ed. – 1967
The primary purpose of the 19 papers and 9 supplementary statements developed for the third conference sponsored by the Designing Education For The Future Project was to explore the planning and processes whereby needed educational changes may be effected. Areas included in the discussion were state responsibility, political influences, research…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Communications, Community Change
Morphet, Edgar L., Ed.; Ryan, Charles O., Ed. – 1967
In an effort to direct attention to some of the most significant prospective changes in society by 1980, the Designing Education For The Future Project commissioned 15 papers for its first conference. While attention was directed primarily to changes in society, most authors indicated certain implications for education, and made particular…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Communications, Community Change
Morphet, Edgar L., Ed.; Ryan, Charles O., Ed. – 1967
In an effort to determine the major implications of projected social change, the Designing Education For The Future Project had leading educational authorities prepare 16 papers and 4 supplementary statements for its second conference. These papers were directed primarily towards expanding the educational implications of those papers presented in…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Communications, Community Change
