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Direct linkMcLean, Scott – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2023
This article narrates the rise and fall of a notable adult education programme at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. The Centre for Adult Education and Community Development was established in 1951, replacing the External Service for Social Education. In the 1950s, the Centre gained an international reputation for excellence in adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Community Development, Educational History
Katherine Hartmann – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2025
Land Grant Institutions (LGIs) and Cooperative Extension were founded to bring educational access to the states they serve. In contrast to this mission and the ubiquitous nature of Extension services in US counties, Extension offices can only be found in a small number of indigenous communities. Despite these inequities, there are Extension…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Extension Education, Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Education
Download full textDaniel T. Remley; Glennon Sweeney; Julie Fox; Laquore J. Meadows – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Between 2000 and 2013, the suburbs in the country's largest metro areas saw their low-income population grow twice as fast as primary urban cities. In 2018, the Pew Research Center reported that poverty increased more sharply in suburbs than in urban and rural counties (Parker et al., 2018). The rise in suburban poverty coincides with an…
Descriptors: Suburbs, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Food
Siegelin, Steven Dale – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative case study focused on career commitment in two types of professional adult educators, extension agents and missionaries. Past research studying extension agents and missionaries had documented decades of early career attrition. Research documented the issues, explored causes, and proposed solutions. Yet, the problem persists. Much…
Descriptors: Protestants, Religious Education, Extension Education, Informal Education
Kristin Riggsbee; Alexandra Nussbaumer Gardner; Elizabeth L. Hall; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Christopher T. Sneed; Janie Burney; Sarah Colby – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to understand the perceptions Extension professionals have about healthy food retail programs (HFRPs). Family and Consumer Science (FCS) agents from one state in the southeastern United States were interviewed about their definitions of HFRPs, what challenges and benefits existed, and strategies for…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Extension Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Promotion
Elliott-Engel, Jeremy; Westfall-Rudd, Donna; Seibel, Megan; Kaufman, Eric; Radhakrishna, Rama – Journal of Extension, 2021
Extension administrators discussed the competencies and characteristics of Extension professionals as they explored how Extension will need adapt to changing clientele, both in who they are and how they want to receive information. Extension education curriculum is not fully preparing future Extension employees in all required competencies,…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Administrator Attitudes, Extension Agents, Competence
