On how successfully the university extension establishment adapts to the new environment may well hinge the survival of extension. (Author/EB)

The University of Wisconsin has offered summer residential seminars for adults in North America and Europe--in Ireland, England, and Scotland; in The Netherlands, Scandinavia, and West Germany; and in Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia. (EB)

The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service presents parenthood education for adolescents through minicourses, correspondence courses, and a newsletter series. Teenage pregnancy has declined in 11 of the 13 counties in which the program operates. (SK)

Discusses the importance of determining the educational needs of a group before implementing a program. (JOW)

Presents 14 hypotheses about ways in which distance teaching can be used to maximize education. Distance teaching is an educational process in which a significant portion of the teaching is conducted by someone removed in space and/or time from the learner. The multimedia approach is the most effective for this method of education. (Author/KC)

Describes a program in vegetable gardening developed by Purdue University specialists in horticulture and computer technology. This computer program offers residents of Indiana individual garden plans based on their own specifications. (CT)

Presents a model of organized advisory councils containing three components: structural knowledge, programing skills, and group process skills. This framework can be used to train advisory council members and improve the effectiveness of extension programs. (SK)

The author describes the problems facing an extension agent in selecting and utilizing indigenous paraprofessionals to teach extension programs in their neighborhoods. She suggests that extension professionals look on the requirement for them to supervise paraprofessionals as a challenge to extend and improve extension programs. (MF)

Stating that reducing volunteer leader turnover in extension services saves time and money and provides better program support, the author suggests offering better working hours, pleasant surroundings, reasonable work hours, and other inducements to retain volunteer workers. (MF)

Describes the Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis program that offers credit classes to students who attend classes in suburban shopping centers. (IRT)

Agricultural extension in Tanzania is largely top-down technology transfer but would be more effective if participatory and demand driven. Implementation of decentralized decision making and participatory training requires time preparation and systematic change strategies. (SK)

A survey of 40 radio stations receiving research information from the University of Arkansas agricultural extension received 24 responses indicating that 22 broadcast the information; 20 rated it good or excellent; 17 wanted it more than once per week. Preferences for program length and medium were identified. (SK)