The aim of this handbook is to provide a quick reference source for a number of different publics. It should be of regular assistance to adult and other educators, personnel officers and social workers, whose advice and help is constantly being sought about the availability of adult education facilities in their own, or in other States. The aim in…

A guide is presented for initiating and conducting ECOP-sponsored staff development activities, an ES-USDA and 4-H Club program. Overall procedures are listed, followed by a procedure flow chart, guidelines for preparing proposals, format for preparing proposals, proposal submission timing, role of the ES-USDA coordinator, and role of the…

A directory of land-grant college personnel having major responsibility for extension training is provided. Listings are in State order. Persons fulfilling one or more of the following responsibilities are listed: coordinator of staff development, orientation education responsibility, inservice education responsibility, and graduate education…

About 30 educators, cable operators, and foundation and government representatives discussed cable television and continuing education at a conference. They concluded that cable has great potential for education, because of the following features: 1) multiple channels, 2) controlled access to cable channels, 3) an educational access channel, and…

An educator's report on his observations which occurred during a five-month tour of interviews is presented. Numerous states, universities, and foreign countries were covered in the tour. The specific nature of these comments concerns the educational extension activities of the places visited. (CK)

The effectiveness of six classes taught remotely by amplified telephone was compared with that of identical on-campus classes. Personal characteristics associated with success under the competing educational delivery systems were also evaluated. Criteria included post-test scores on a specially constructed achievement test, final examination…

In this socio-drama the extension educator had invited the sociologist for a second meeting to explore with the latter sociological concepts relevant to the county extension agent's job. The extension educator presented to the sociologist several important behaviors of the county agent as discovered through research using the critical incident…

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a 4-H TV Science Club Project Series, in Jackson County, Georgia, conducted in January, 1970, by the Georgia Cooperative Extension Service for upper elementary school age students in Georgia. Its objectives are: (1) To obtain information useful to Extension personnel and others interested in planning and…

The newsletter as an adult educator's tool should inform, promote, guide, and coordinate. Based on Extension Service newsletters, this report presents a number of guidelines for newsletter editors. Among them are checking the costs of producing a newsletter, considering the subject, audience, and objective of the newsletter, and what the audience…

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ON THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED PRINCIPAL ISSUES AND CURRENT PROJECTS OF THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION. ADULT EDUCATION WAS DISCUSSED, AS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HIGHER…

Traces the history of university correspondence and extension programs in Australia since 1900. Built on a combination of British and American models, Australian external study provides degree programs for external students virtually identical to on-campus programs. (JT)

Many older students are concerned with satisfying vocational objectives, while others search for personal fulfillment or information relating to civic concerns and economic problems. Special challenges now confront the higher education faculty as it responds to society's expectation that lifelong education will soon be available to all citizens.…

The external degree program should be developed as another alternative for widening range of interests and backgrounds of those pursuing a college degree. Examples of such programs are cited in this article. (JD)

The University of Wisconsin, through its extension division, is offering two energy management certification programs. (Author/MLF)

The authors discuss the provision of adult education through extension programs. Topics covered include a history of and the current situation relevant to extension education, criticisms and suggestions for improvement, and the likely future role of the Cooperative Extension Service. (CH)