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Download full textDEINES, 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
ALEXANDER, FRANK D. – 1966
TO DETERMINE THE FACTORS RELATED TO FIRST-YEAR 4-H LEADERS' CONTINUING IN OR DROPPING OUT OF 4-H WORK AND TO ANALYZE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE OF FIRST-YEAR 4-H LEADERS AND THE EVALUATION BY THEIR 4-H AGENTS OF JOBS PERFORMED AND NOT PERFORMED, IN 1961 QUESTIONNAIRES AND PERSONALITY TESTS WERE GIVEN TO 527 FIRST-YEAR 4-H…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Extension Agents, Job Analysis, Leadership Training
BATH, ROBERT WAYNE – 1963
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE APPLICATION BLANKS WERE EVALUATED WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THEIR VALUE IN PERSONNEL SELECTION. EXTENSION AGENT APPLICATION BLANKS FROM THE 50 STATE EXTENSION SERVICES WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE COMMON AND UNUSUAL ITEMS. RESPONSES SUBMITTED BY 194 APPLICANTS TO THE MINNESOTA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE WERE ALSO…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Employment, Item Analysis, Job Application
Robinson, Russell D. – 1963
Perceptions of the 4-H club agent's role were studied from the viewpoint of club agents, county coworkers, supervisors, and officers of county leader's organizations. Data were obtained through personal or group interviews with 189 respondents. Forty job activities were classified into the four categories of (1) planning and evaluating club…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Extension Agents, Individual Counseling, Individual Instruction
Janelid, Ingrid Naemi – 1966
This study in the eastern and western regions of Nigeria was designed (1) to analyze extension administrator perceptions of the application of selected planning principles in the ideal and actual situation, and of sociocultural influences on program planning and implementation; and (2) to suggest ways of improving program planning and…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrators, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations
Rudramoorthy, B. – 1964
Extension, the process of extending the knowledge of recent advances in science and technology to the people who need it, has been emphasized in India since the introduction of the Community Development Programme in 1952. Community development involves two distinct processes--extension education and community organization--and has had four…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Community Development, Developing Nations
Michaelsen, Leon Claude – 1967
This study sought to identify factors which facilitate or deter leadership expression in rural extension specialists. Questionnaires were sent to specialists in ten states who devoted 50% or more of their time to extension work in production, management, and resource use, and to those working in marketing. Evaluations were secured from…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consultants, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Dissertations
Brown, Emory J.; And Others – 1968
By random selection, 74 farm families in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, were interviewed to determine the use of recommended practices, interests of the farmers and their wives, and sources of information. Dairy farming was the major enterprise for 3/4 of the farmers. No Extension recommendations were used by 15% but 20% used seven or more of the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Dairy Farmers, Educational Opportunities, Extension Agents
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 1975
Intended to familiarize American Indian tribal leaders, planners, and community leaders with the programs available to Indians through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this brochure provides information on program benefits, application procedures, and who to contact for further information for 49 programs in the areas of agriculture, community…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agriculture, American Indians, Community Development
Leagans, J. Paul – 1970
Dissertations (301) completed by graduate students majoring in extension and adult education at Cornell University are listed in this document by year completed. They are indexed under nine general topics: administrative organization and management; comparative extension and adult education; Communication methods; effectiveness and progress of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Communication Skills, Directories
Dunbar, Mary Elizabeth – 1968
This research was to determine the relationship between New York State Cooperative Extension 4-H Division Leaders' propensity toward delegation of work responsibility and (1) their degree of involvement in the performance of leader identification and selection tasks, (2) assignment of major responsibility for these tasks, and (3) other selected…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Extension Agents, Identification, Leadership Responsibility
Burns, Derwood G. – 1969
Agricultural extension sometimes fails to relate itself to the total socio-economic picture of the community as it establishes policies and programs for the future; this research attempts to explain some concerns of farmers related to this problem, particularly the hiring of regional specialists. Data were gathered by a questionnaire given to over…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bibliographies, Business, Community Leaders
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
Calloway, Pauline Frances – 1968
This study investigated the construct validity of the Herzberg (1964) theory of motivation as it relates to county Extension agents; and developed an inventory to measure the job satisfaction of county agents in North Carolina. The inventory was administered to 419 agents in 79 counties. Factor analysis was used to determine the number of job…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Doctoral Dissertations, Environmental Influences, Extension Agents
Ott, Harold R. – 1972
A study was conducted to determine whether a relationship exists between several selected socioeconomic characteristics and the adoption or non-adoption of soil testing as a farm management tool and to establish whether or not a statistically significant relationship exists between adopters and imperfect adopters (discontinuers). Data were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Extension Agents
