A three-day workshop was presented by the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service (MCES) of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, to help MCES faculty work more effectively with lay community leaders and to help lay leaders improve their leadership skills. The workshops focused especially on contacting "hard to reach" audiences in MCES…

Described is a study designed to document the degree of interest in the environment by Wisconsin adults and to give direction to future statewide environmental education efforts. A team of interviewers telephoned a random sample of over 600 persons and questioned them about their: (1) interest in environment and nature topics; (2) desire to know…

This agriculture extension service publication from Pennsylvania State University examines weed control and identification in vegetable crops. Contents include: (1) Types of weeds; (2) Reducing losses caused by weeds, general control methods and home garden weed control; (3) How herbicides are used; (4) Specific weeds in vegetable plantings; and…

Examination of the Open University's use of educational broadcasting indicates that it is a valuable resource but a continued emphasis on the hardware, together with a failure to recognize the problems which users may face, will mean that in many cases the results will not match the expectations. The emphasis is too often placed on the hardware…

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, THE POPULATION EXPLOSION, INCREASING LEISURE, RISING EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, AND EXPECTATIONS, AND THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF PUBLIC ISSUES AND OTHER FACETS OF MODERN LIFE HAVE DIRECT IMPLICATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY ADULT EDUCATION. ALTHOUGH THE ADULT EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES AND JUNIOR COLLEGES WILL,…

Phase II of the report on the problem outlined in Phase I deals with specific recommendations for expanding and improving the extension and public service functions of the University of Illinois. To be effective, the university needs a master plan in which the four essential ingredients must be (1) broad, strong and explicit policy commitments by…

Listed are the names of member institutions of the National University Extension Association, directors, committees, delegates, special appointees (1966-1967), board of directors (1967-1968), and committees and sections (1967-68). Included also are the reports of divisions and committees. In one address, the work of the Kellogg Foundation is…

In a report of seminar proceedings, papers are presented on the formation, aims, structure, and organizational relationships of community youth clubs in rural areas of Victoria, Australia; and on the origins, structure, staffing, and overall characteristics and problems of Australian rural youth clubs. An interim group report also defines the…

Universities and colleges having extension programs in 1964 were surveyed. A need for health and safety education through courses, institutes, workshops and non-credit continuing education was found. Other findings included the following: (1) an increase in the supply of professionally prepared teachers of health and safety education is essential…

This study focuses on tort liability and its relationship to extension professionals working with 4-H programs. Tort liability as related to extension professionals consists of ten components: due care, physical defects (inspection of premises), instruction and supervision, first aid and medical treatment, foreseeability, causation, defamation,…

Questionnaires on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) were sent to representatives of all the member institutions of the National University Extension Association (NUEA) and the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE). From the 359 questionnaires distributed, responses were received from 216 institutions or branch campuses, a 60%…

A committee was established to reexamine guidelines established for the University of Wisconsin's Educational Television Network operations. Subcommittees investigated: (1) program design; (2) publicity and promotion; (3) technical systems; (4) learning centers; and (5) operational procedures. This report summarizes overall recommendations and…

Telephone conferencing can be used to solve communication problems in correspondence education. Technical problems have largely been resolved, and programs like the Educational Telephone Network (ETN) at the University of Wisconsin Extension have effectively used telephones to deliver instruction to remote classrooms. The success of such…

Concern has been growing at the national level regarding the large sums which have been spent on research and development and the corresponding inability of the resulting technology at the local level to solve problems involving the environment, transportation, energy crisis, and public health. The following report describes the investigation…