Changes in university extension/continuing education require a new type of research that is more appropriate for emerging practice. An online database of case studies of continuing education programs and projects could help improve practice and supply the knowledge base for graduate programs. (SK)

Decision cases have been used in the USA for both classroom and extension education within agriculture and natural resources. Use of cases has sometimes been limited by the extensive amount of time that may be required to assign and analyze conventional, text-based cases. Availability of video decision cases, which are visual and do not…

Public policy for agriculture and natural resources must change as farming and the use of resources change, but policy also changes to reflect new understandings. The new understandings that will shape future agricultural policy may not come from food producers or agricultural scientists, and may not assume that expanding production is the primary…

The colleges of agriculture are confronting significant challenges to their future due to the changing role of farming in the United States and the corresponding changes in the interests of U.S. citizens in agriculture, i.e., the food, fiber, and natural resource complex. This publication is the first of two volumes by the Committee on the Future…

This paper describes the development of a New England Cooperative Extension Consortium created for the purpose of developing new approaches for meeting the Cooperative Extension mandate. The consortium formalizes a tradition of informal, multi-state cooperation among the New England Cooperative Extension Systems which operate as a flexible,…

This publication presents data in five tables from a survey of the 734 State University of New York (SUNY) instructional locations which offer credit courses away from main campuses. For the second year, the 1993-94 survey collected annual data rather than fall data as it had in the past. All tables in this publication pertain to 1993-94 data.…

These six issues of the National Extension Leadership Development (NELD) newsletter include feature articles, book reviews, profiles of regional and local NELD programs and activities, information on conferences and seminars, and names and addresses of various persons involved in the NELD project (including advisers, interns, and participants in…

Volunteers can serve as a means to educate the public about environmental issues and increase stewardship ethic. This booklet is designed to provide much of the key information about designing and managing environmental volunteer programs to educate the general public. The booklet is based on the experiences of a volunteer program called Island…

The West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service developed a 4-H curriculum designed to provide targeted potential school dropouts with opportunities to develop specific skills. These included decisionmaking, parliamentary procedure, group processes, public speaking, leadership, and life skills. In addition, participants would have…

The Employability Skills System Program (ESSP) is an adult education program designed to combine academic skills with job-seeking and employability skills. The program efforts include coordinating services and creating linkages between existing delivery services within the Detroit Public School System and private business and industry. In…

Ontario Universities' current and planned involvement with distance delivery of university level educational opportunities was reviewed. Additional considerations were: the feasibility of a cooperative approach to distance education, the organizational approach to expanding cooperation among the universities and between the universities and…

These proceedings begin with a history of the workshop series and a statement of the workshop's goals and purpose, specifically to examine issues related to graduate-level education as an extension staff development activity. A program overview and greetings precede the keynote address on the part graduate education can play in development of…

A review of external studies in Western Australia was undertaken, with attention directed to the future pattern of development, including the institutions to be involved and the nature of their involvement. A continued demand has been exhibited for external studies opportunities, and there is a trend to expand and refine existing offerings rather…

The leaders of two local and regional organizations, Cooperative Extension Service (CES) and Workforce Development Board (WDB), were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the leadership skills of each other as an indicator of the social capital within the community. Results showed the majority of both groups did not know if their counterparts…

The paper is a summary of some impressions of agricultural education that my colleagues and I gained during the past two years in the course of conducting an international study of non-formal education for rural development. (Author)