The 1987 Master Gardener program was presented at 16 locations in Iowa, where weekday sessions were supplemented with Saturday satellite telecasts. This cooperative extension service program provided special training in horticulture to members of the local community who would then work as volunteers through their local cooperative extension office…

This report is addressed to administrators in the field of correspondence education. In dealing with attrition, it suggests that it is possible to control the proportion of those who do not start after enrollment; it may be possible to reclaim those who fail an examination; and the proportion of those who drop out may be reduced. Beginning with a…

Discusses two alternatives to traditional classroom learning: (a) universities' acceptance of standardized examination results as evidence of learning and (b) "external degree" programs, which involve a reorganization of the higher education system. Discusses one such program in detail. (Author)

Noting that a state as populous as Ohio has only two accredited library schools, this report includes a needs assessment for professional librarians through 1990, a resource assessment of available educational materials in library and information science, and an analysis of four alternative approaches: a new program model, a program transfer…

Summaries of 18 different projects involving the use of satellite communications are presented in this report, including PEACESAT Education and Communication Experiments, USP Network Satellite Communication Project, Project Satellite, Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), Appalachian Education Satellite Program, Alaska Education…

THE FIRST ESSAY IN THIS MEMORIAL ANTHOLOGY ASSERTS THAT CORRESPONDENCE COURSES CONCEIVED IN A MATURE, REALISTIC SPIRIT CAN MAKE A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION. IN THE NEXT, A NEED IS SEEN TO REASSESS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND TO MAKE RADICAL CHANGES IN KEEPING WITH CURRENT DEMANDS AND RESOURCES. ANOTHER AUTHOR REVIEWS THE…

ELEVEN AREAS OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH NONCREDIT SERVICES OFFERED FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AS SHORT COURSES, CONFERENCES, AND INSTITUTES, WERE RATED ON A SCALE OF INFERIOR TO SUPERIOR BY 79 INSTITUTIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION AND THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY EVENING COLLEGES IN 1954-55. THESE…

This paper provides portions of a workshop discussion at the Wheelock Conference on School-Age Child Care concerning the role of family day care for school-age children. The workshop participants included family day care providers affiliated with the day care system in the Greater Boston area, administrators of a family day care system which also…

Presented is a report on the efforts to implement an energy education program. The target population of the program is the general public. A specific goal was set to reduce energy consumption by at least 5% in at least 50% of the families with members in the high schools of the target areas. The extension-style energy education program was…

THE TRIPLE TWO PROJECT (1966-67) WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE NEEDS PERCEIVED IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR PROGRAMS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TO EXAMINE TITLE 1 OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 AS IT MIGHT RELATE TO THEM. TWENTY-SEVEN COMMUNITIES WERE CHOSEN AS CONFERENCE AREAS AND DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES BY…

This second volume of Brandenburg essays presents fresh evidence of the broadening use of correspondence education throughout the world. The first essay summarizes current worldwide trends and the final essay describes extension education fifty years from now. There are essays reflecting the development of correspondence education in Great…

The goal of this investigation was to find a method of reducing revision time and improving instruction in some 370 extension courses taken by airmen while on the job to upgrade their training. The goal of the pilot project was to determine which of two systems--TICCIT or PLATO--was sufficiently more attractive than textbooks to justify exploring…

This publication, produced by the Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Service, is a non-technical guide to chemical control of aquatic vegetation. The purpose of this circular is to aid the land owner or manager in managing ponds, streams, and other water bodies for desired uses by managing the vegetation in, on, and around the water. Among the…

The student and faculty experiences in, and their attitudes toward, four-year programs in the General Colleges Extended Programs at the University of Minnesota were surveyed. Questionnaires distributed to the population, consisting of General College faculty members, four-year students in residence, and former students who had finished one or the…

Designed to help bridge the gap between selected Appalachian communities (17 control and 18 experimental Kentucky communities) and the more affluent U.S. society, the Appalachian Community Impact Project (ACIP) used indigenous paraprofessionals, backed by Extension personnel, to work at the community level. It was hypothesized that by using…