Describes a project conducted by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service to market the Family Day Home Care Providers Program to an unknown clientele. Discusses the problems involved in identifying and reaching the target audience. (JOW)

The author presents several reasons why educational television is becoming important to extension education once again. He discusses satellite video teleconferencing, with special reference to the experience at Ohio State University. Several lessons learned from the experience are presented. (CH)

The goals of cooperative extension in one western state are examined. A method of identifying goals in extension is described. The goals of separate program areas are also reported. Five hypotheses concerning organizational goals of extension are tested. The author describes the discovery of a significant relationship between employee evaluations…

Extension has four roles in the economic development arena: (1) providing perspective, (2) increasing the knowledge base, (3) teaching management skills, and (4) shaping institutional structure. In different states, extension will find different appropriate roles in economic development education. (CH)

Discusses the work of the Cooperative Extension Service, how the extension process works, how the extension model benefits families in developing countries, parameters for an extension program abroad, nonformal extension programs, and the importance of understanding the sociocultural environment of developing nations. (CT)

This study indicates extension staff is better tuned to motivations of volunteers initially than to their ongoing needs. Volunteer staff say they value the intrinsic rewards of knowing they're doing a good job. They want training to continue to increase their competence. (CT)

Discusses two teaching models for dealing with public policy issues. The Advocacy Model is used in taking a stand on policy issues and the Alternative-Consequences Model is used if the educator believes that he/she should not take a stand. (JOW)

This article is a report by the authors of their study of college prison education with Georgia and the policies affecting the development of these programs. While the study examined several aspects of college prison education within the state, only those data pertaining to the general characteristics of postsecondary education institutions are…

Charts trends in the family, the composition of the population, and rural economics and highlights the challenges to extension education posed by these changes. (SK)

Married and divorced mothers in two-children families were interviewed about the allocation of their time and its perceived adequacy. It was concluded that the lifestyles of such families differ in important ways, but that divorced and married mothers spent about the same time in direct child care. (SK)

Reports a study examining perceived effectiveness of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service's delivery of educational information to rural residents, based on the attitudes, participation, and knowledge of 252 flue-cured tobacco producers. Notes the surprising difference in the scores of large and small tobacco producers and the service's…

ITV (instructional television) course development and ITV Center organization in the Dallas County Community College District (Texas) are discussed. (ER)

This paper looks at adult education activity of the Croatian People's University from the beginning of World War II until the independence of Croatia. The People's University was an initiative developed in 1907 by Dr. Albert Bazola, who modeled it after other existing world university extensions. An important characteristic in the work of the…

This discussion of the current state of the land grant university first looks at the past to see the origins of land grant universities and their original purposes. Then, each of the three components of land grant institutions is explored: teaching, research, and extension. At present, the quality of teaching at land grant universities is of some…

Focus groups were conducted to explore the attitudes of University of Minnesota Extension faculty and staff toward program evaluation and their perceptions of their individual responsibility for evaluating programs. A total of 35 faculty and staff members participated in the 5 focus groups. Responses of participants indicate a definite need to…