The University of Wisconsin Extension has developed the technology and programing to deliver noncredit educational broadcasts via telephone to professional audiences in remote locations throughout the state. Research has shown two-way audio to be an effective educational medium, permitting feedback, discussion, resource sharing, and the sharing of…

Topics discussed include: music in general studies, extension to the community, extension to the campus, educating through the media, and the administrator's viewpoint. Summaries of small group discussions are presented in relation to the recommendations they suggest for music administrators, faculty, and the National Schools of Music. (MJM)

The purpose of this study was to explore several urban field sites where youth programs are achieving some notoriety and to identify some factors contributing to success. A survey of literature on program development for urban areas was also included. It was hoped that such a search would reveal composites of common elements which would be helpful…

This report describes the Council's major activities during 1965-67, its work plan for 1967-68, and several recommendations which will assist program coordination and effectiveness. Findings of the inventory of Federally-supported programs in extension and continuing education (contracted to Greenleigh Associates, Inc.) indicate that program…

A proposal for a continuing education center for Alaska points out that there is a need for expanded adult educational opportunities on several levels. A more extensive program of adult basic education is necessary particularly to help prepare the native segment of the population for employment. The expected growth of the petroleum industry will…

This article cites how existing space has been used more efficiently and how institutions have acquired space in buildings that have not necessarily been used for education before. The common goal of all the solutions is to avoid resorting to new construction. The solution to redeploy campus space (and the timing of programs) depends on such…

The study was made to consider cultural factors related to the acceptance or nonacceptance of farm practices. Some major conclusions were: (1) demonstrators should be in the age group 30-45, (2) reading material should be at the seventh or eighth grade level, (3) meetings should be convenient for small or disadvantaged farmers to attend, (4)…

The purposes of this study were to determine the characteristic of 40 cow-calf producers randomly selected from a county population of 300 cattlemen, to find out which recommended management practices they were using, and to learn which factors had influenced them to adopt these practices. Farmers were interviewed and data were classified in terms…

Reported are reviews of the Cornell-OEO Project in South Brooklyn by the family assistants--women who lived in the community and worked with the families served. The collection of statements are presented as they were dictated or written. When the statement was in Spanish it was translated to English. These statements of the family assistants…

This speech, given on March 23, 1971, at a luncheon meeting of the Troy Rotary, presents an overview of the Regents External Degree. After presenting opening humorous remarks, the author concentrates on a description of the External Degree, as modeled after the English Open University. The remainder of his remarks concern the progress made through…

Three methods of teaching an inservice teacher education course, Principles of Teaching Industrial Subjects, were compared for their influence on informational achievement, teaching performance, attitude toward the course and method of presentation, and cost. Fifty-five vocational teachers were divided into three groups, each taught during a…

This university independent course of study on the contemporary American novel is presented to bring to light a source of social significance in America. Four novels are studied: Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men," and Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." Nine assignments are included. (CK)

This bibliography on continuing education is taken primarily from a more extensive bibliography. Entries consist almost entirely of non-annotated listings of books, periodicals, series publications, and Federal laws. (KM)

Adult continuing education instructional activities in higher education are and will continue to become even more difficult to describe and define. The Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education Program Classification Structure, designed to provide a consistent means of identifying and organizing the activities of higher education in a…

Six responsibilities are presented as a basis for formulating a stronger foundation for balanced programming or strengthening the total development process of the United States Department of Agriculture's Extension Education Service. These responsibilities are in the areas of educational service, program balance, effective human relations, problem…