This case study reviews the origins of the University Consortium Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan and reviews the development of joint programs by the extension units of three distant universities and one local one. Emphasis is placed on the responsibility of initiative for the formation of a consortium, early activities and problems, limitations…

Papers at this university extension conference discussed problems in administering and funding Title 1, Higher Education Act of 1965; prospects for building institutional capacity for community service; a plan for the application of Title 1; objectives for universities and Title 1 agencies; and a multiphased design for applied research and…

Using a stratified random sample of 300 Syracuse University instructors, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors, this study examined the belief that university faculty members view continuing education with disfavor, and analyzed some differences in faculty attitudes. Subjects were sent a 35 item questionnaire to which…

Agriculture, home economics, and youth extension agents and lay advisors were surveyed in 41 counties of four northeastern states to assess their attitudes toward the Expanded Youth Nutrition Program (EYNP). It is concluded that innovative programs for new clientele such as EYNP need to be initiated along with a training program for extension…

This report examines the results of a survey of 110 students enrolled in Ohio University's Extended Learning Program (ELP) in Cleveland. The questionnaire was designed to provoke comments and criticisms concerning student preferences for scheduling, types of courses to be offered and student recommendations for improving ELP. Results are…

The major focus of the study was the construction of an ideal role model for the paraprofessional youth worker who is a program assistant for the Extension Service and to test such a model with a limited number of youth agents and volunteers in North Carolina. Role theory provided the conceptual frame of reference. Program assistant, a new…

Forms used for data collection in the Cornell-OEO Project fall into the categories of recruitment and selection, family assistant training, in-service training, supervisory records of family assistants, service-family contacts and visits, reports on visits to Cornell-OEO Project, work with groups outside the project, and analysis forms.…

This article describes a project conducted by an elementary school district in Illinois, in which public school personnel played a major role in the development of prospective teachers by designing training procedures with direct applicability to classrooms within the local schools. More emphasis was placed on classroom experience for the…

It is estimated that 2,715 individuals in the area served by California State University, Sacramento are interested, educationally qualified, and willing to pay the fees for enrollment in External Degree programs. Those interested in external degree programs have a mean age of 33, are predominantly male, married, and employed full-time in…

This paper discusses the manner in which our traditional approaches to education have become inadequate to the challenges and needs of today and tomorrow. Public policy must support new approaches to education that depart from the traditional Core -- the sequential ladder of organized educational activities K-16 -- and provide alternatives for…

One of a series of booklets designed to answer questions about agricultural communications is presented. This booklet illustrates how visual teaching speeds learning and effects faster agricultural progress. Chapter titles include: (1) Visuals and Learning, (2) Visuals in Extension Teaching; (3) Presentation Visuals; (4) Drama and Music; (5)…

This bulletin, the first in a series on leadership, is a guide for leaders of organizations, to the nature and operation of committees. Contributions and advantages of committees are enumerated, and types of committees are described. Guidelines are given for selecting a committee, instructing it, committee operation, and acting on a committee…

The National Seminar on Curriculum Development for Extension Workers held its first session in December 1963, and since that time there have been 9 additional meetings. This report undertakes to present an evaluation of the 10 meetings of the Seminar. A survey questionnaire was prepared and sent to 21 current or past participants and returns were…

A summary of an Extension Education dissertation on a study to develop a framework of curriculum and learning theory features, to determine needs of Extension agents, and to show its application to dairy science is presented. Tyler's rationale for deriving educational objectives (curriculum theory) and Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive behavior…

A survey method of investigation was used to compare characteristics of students taking extramural classes in 1960 with those in 1971. A sample size of approximately 2,500 students is represented in the statistics. It was found that the percentage of students taking undergraduate courses had dramatically declined since the 1960 survey, while the…