Volunteer business, industry, legal and civic groups have helped Maryland Extension Service home economists open and run a thrift shop which supplies donated goods to program families. Shop also doubles as demonstration facility for nutrition, home management, health and youth-oriented courses. (PD)

Describes Texas's program for organizing, publicizing and running workshops which teach farm and ranch owners the fair value of their land and estates. The courses emphasize all practical pointers needed to write effective wills. Professionals in the various relevant fields lecture voluntarily. (PD)

A study seeking to determine the relationship of education and educational level to agricultural production, and the extent to which extension education, economic factors and the cultivator's educational background play a part in agricultural production. (Author/JB)

Author presents a case-study showing how Delaware Extension Service launched an effort to reach the goal of better planned communities through making land-use controls become guidelines for zoning ordinances. He discusses how segments of the community were approached and the positive results of fifteen years of work. (Editor/LF)

Authors discuss the effects of malnutrition on retardation of mental development and intellectual capacity. Research findings on undernourished experimental animals are cited as well as studies involving children suffering the effects of malnutrition in infancy. (Editor/LF)

A plan which recognizes the clear distinction between individual aims, aspirations and achievements of students on the one hand and the purpose and function of adult education as an operation on the other, is likely to have a higher degree of success. (Author/RB)

Briefly described is an extension workshop conducted in the United States to help home economists from other countries adapt and translate nutritional principles to their respective cultural circumstances. Included is a description of the workshop's curriculum objectives and content. (SB)

Analyzes the development of small systems (under 15,000 part-time students) and introduces a new cost model to examine the importance of institution costs and course life and the economic impact of policy alternatives. It then examines aspects of management requiring special attention for these smaller systems. (EAO)

Specific marketing strategies for successful extension program planning include (1) assessing the nature and extent of demand, (2) assessing campus and community resources, and (3) identifying the institution's marketplace position. (SK)

Current practice of telephone instruction across Britain's Open University undergraduate program is reviewed, based on regional data collected. Factors affecting the development of telephone tutoring and issues in its appropriateness are reviewed. (MSE)

The problems of introducing biological simulations into two Open University courses and the proposed solutions are discussed in relation to sound computer assisted learning practice. Eight references are included. (Author/CHC)

A project which developed a 10-week nutrition series in Vermont and Nevada found that a well-planned and carefully implemented mass media education program can reach thousands of people not previously aware of extension, and that a combination of multimedia instruction systems is effective and reasonably priced. (CT)

Education is one of several approaches that will be employed in addressing the energy issue. It is not, however, the only vehicle for influencing change, and it will have to be linked in a complementary fashion to technological, economic, and regulatory approaches. (LRA)