A survey of 28 participants in the International 4-H Youth Exchange program, 16 family members/ friends, and 60 extension agents indicated that participants expanded awareness of global issues, developed cultural sensitivity, and increased community involvement. Barriers such as money and lack of program knowledge can be overcome by seeking…

This case study research is based on a 3-year project (1996-1999) in which Iowa State University Extension developed and implemented a long-term community development project based on strengthening social capital using participatory research. The results of this mapping were initially interpreted as indicating a high level of social capital, but…

Despite availability of empirically supported school-based substance abuse prevention programs, adoption and implementation fidelity of such programs appear to be low. A replicated case study was conducted to investigate school adoption and implementation processes of the EXSELS model (Project ALERT delivered by program leaders through Cooperative…

New England's research universities are widely recognized as major contributors to the region's economy. In many of the communities in which they are located, they rank among the largest employers. They purchase goods and services from New England companies, and are often among the leading procurers of construction activity. Each year, they bring…

Evaluation capacity building, or ECB, is an area of great interest within the field of evaluation as well as in Extension evaluation. Internal Extension evaluators have long offered training and technical assistance to help Extension educators conduct evaluation. Today ECB in Extension encompasses myriad activities and processes to advance…

Objective: To evaluate the New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program using economic methodology. Design: Data were collected by nutrition educators in a pretest, posttest design with an epidemiological modeling approach to assess costs and estimate potential health benefits of the state program. Setting: Cooperative Extension,…

This agenda item provides a progress report on the Commission's advisory committee that is examining community college services in rural and remote areas of the state. Two policy solutions under consideration by the committee are discussed. The item also describes a focus-group research protocol that is being developed to elicit student input.

In March 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao acknowledged that the situation in the Chinese countryside is desperate and claimed new resources would be devoted to healthcare and education. This announcement should have pleased architects of the Chinese "learning initiative" who are building learning cities and villages. The authors describe why…

Extension education evaluators are concerned about accounting for lack of control over and the value of describing environmental influences when assessing impact. Evaluability assessment (EA) identifies relationships between and describes external influences on program events. It provides information regarding clarity about goals and objectives…

The University Consortium Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, allows the development of joint programs by the local college and the extension units of three distant universities. (Author/MLF)

Discouraging results may occur through the heavy reliance on public service campaigns for changing knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of the intended audience. Evidence is provided to show that a variety of channels are more useful than public service mass media alone for effecting behavioral change. (Author)

The article offers an overview of education in prisons and describes a college program in Oregon-the Newgate program. The advantages of university sponsorship of a program is that a community advocate of high stature is involved in rehabilitation and can introduce new educational opportunities. (Author/JB)

Elements of the responsive approach were utilized for evaluating an alcohol education project for youth conducted through the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service. The evaluation responded to various audiences' requirements for information about issues in which they were interested. The evaluation was oriented toward describing the…

THIS DIRECTORY OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF EXTENSION AND SUMMER SCHOOLS (CADESS) LISTS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES, MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA, ON GOING AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES, AND OFFICERS. THE ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF ITS 39 MEMBER INSTITUTIONS INCLUDES FOR EACH THE ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, THE…

AS PART OF A THREE-PART PROJECT TO INCLUDE (1) A REVIEW OF BIBLIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEARBY LIBRARIES, (2) A SAMPLE SURVEY OF EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED BY INDUSTRY, AND (3) A REVIEW OF EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED BY UNIVERSITIES FOR MARKETING TO…