The article suggests a model and plan of action designed to combat child abuse and neglect, utilizing extension education working with county agencies in developing programs to reach the target population. Community perspective, interprogram cooperation, and ways to implement programs are considered. (MF)

Following a brief description of the economic background of Venezuela, this article focuses on the National Institute of Cooperative Education (INCE) program which trains farmers and students, ages 14 to 20. Discusses the cooperative agreement between Pennsylvania State University and INCE to provide in-service training for INCE personnel and…

The cooperative extension service is a largely untapped resource for most vocational agriculture instructors. The cooperative extension service can provide help at three levels: (1) county agents, (2) area agents, and (3) state specialists. (LRA)

Because off-campus programs have become an extensive part of higher education, accrediting agencies are strengthening standards and emphasizing site visits and reviews. Areas of controversy in the accreditation process include definition of units of credit, abbreviated degree programs, and credit for prior experience. Responsibility for…

Explores methodology for generating student feedback in evaluating teaching practices in distance education courses at the Open University. A course in Materials Science is investigated, analyzing the course's study chart, objectives, study techniques, home experiments, self-assessment questions and in-text questions. (RAO)

The 1929-41 period brought economic hardship and struggle for National University Extension Association institutions as well as for retraining and industrial programs for war-time production. Popular issues were extension credit, standards, non-credit instruction, correspondence study, educational radio, audiovisual instruction, evening…

The Morton Study by the National University Extension Association (NUEA) in 1953 provided an initial, comprehensive assessment of extension. Supportive foundational activities included the Ford Foundation's Fund for Adult Education and the Kellogg Foundation grants. Within the decade, NUEA established a Washington office, and five Associational…

Several perceptions of higher continuing education/university extension in 1960 are reflected in the writings of Malcolm Knowles, Renee and William Petersen and A. A. Liveright. Social idealism, technological development, and increased occupational obsolescence were areas of change from 1960-75. (EA)

The author projects that the higher educational system in 10-25 years will: reverse the inversion of dependence, stress openness, reflect patterns of wholeness, use the world as laboratory and campus, and emphasize feedback features. He stresses the need for statewide planning and outlines specific recommendations for the future. (EA)

Despite the fact that traditionally black colleges have made a significant contribution to the American education enterprise, some of their most severe critics conjecturally proclaim that they have failed to effectively extend their services beyond the university role. (Author/AM)

After pointing up the need for communication and cooperation between extension operations conducting professional continuing education and the professional associations of the publics they serve, the author suggests an interdisciplinary brokerage role for the National University Extension Association (NUEA). (JT)

A Delphi panel of 15 individuals, known for contributions to extension education or land-grant institutions in the area of internationalization, identified 38 institutional characteristics important to an internationalized extension system. Critical elements focused on awareness by faculty and extension educators of global interdependence,…

A 1993 survey of 171 deans/department chairs (100% response) indicated that 27 family and consumer sciences undergraduate programs had been eliminated. Total undergraduate enrollment was 2,088, but nationwide demand for teachers was 7,903 and for extension professionals was 1,165. Only two states (Utah, Washington) had slightly higher supply; most…

Data were obtained from six technical and further education colleges in Australia that offered off-campus programs for the disadvantaged. Tensions between community service values and entrepreunerialism/commercialism raise questions about the future of access for people who are disenfranchised and marginalized. (SK)

A project placed health science interns in community-based education and outreach programs in partnership with Extension to provide community education in health behavior and decision making and build community capacity for health care. Evaluation of student reports and participant interviews showed that despite logistical challenges such as lack…