Three external degree programs--National Ed.D. Program for Educational Leaders, Nova University (Florida); University External Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh; and Field Centered Courses, Department of Early Childhood Education, Kent State University--are compared on the basis of a series of questions. Is the course designed for a…

A national survey was developed by the College of Business Administration of the University of Georgia to review current procedures utilized by 110 institutions of higher education in evaluating and rewarding their extension professionals. Results from the 80.91 percent response rate are presented, with tables. (LH)

Extension Services in Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed and evaluated a continuing education course for non-practicing professional pharmacists entitled "A Review of Selected New Drugs of 1972 and 1973." An audio cassette tape enabled participants, 88.3 percent of whom were women, to up-date their knowledge. (LH)

Students in the Mississippi State University Department of Agricultural and Extension Education (138) completed a questionnaire designed to identify variables that might cause communication problems in the classes taught in that department. Uncomfortable seating, lack of visual aids, and lack of handouts were the three most important problems…

Presented is the second of a two-part study that describes how some colleges have been joining together in a grassroots cooperative movement to buy, make use of, and shape telecourses. The experiences of two such consortia used by colleges are among the topics discussed. (JMD)

Reports results of a survey of social science faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia to find the extent to which they engaged in communicating information to the public through university extension, with implications for changes in the university rewards system. (MF)

"Correlates of quality," those parts of students' programs thought to influence the quality of students' work, were examined in a study of Minnesota's UWW program. Graduate dossiers were rated according the graduates' fulfillment of seven graduation criteria and correlated with barriers of students at admission, major area of study,…

The author discusses motivation and decision factors involved in participation in University of Wisconsin-Extension programs, the cost-benefit margins to individuals, and the teacher's task to provide sufficient information so that people can make informed decisions. (MF)

Since 1972 the University of the South Pacific has participated in a series of experimental communications projects using the ATS-1 satellite. The experiments are aimed at determining what educational, social, and medical benefits can be derived from satellite technology. (LBH)

Opposing extension education within the agricultural education department, the author states that the agricultural education curriculum would not be appropriate for persons not in agricultural extension; program focus should be on preparing vocational agricultural teachers, not on other options; and department organization and administration would…

The Adult Performance Level Study generates a pulse of activity that is sending adults back to school to acquire or sharpen basic skills. (Editor)

This study investigated the return on investment (ROI) of the Southern extension Leadership Development (SELD) Program as implemented at the University of Georgia. The SELD program builds around the skills individuals and groups in cooperative extension work need to be effective in the future. The centerpiece of SELD is the Managerial Assessment…

Speaking at a regional conference, Dykes contends that the emphasis in the university of tomorrow will derive from new approaches and priorities among the university's trifold function of teaching, research, and service. Continuing education will occupy a more central role in our society's total educational program. (AG)

Lists the ills attributed to today's university experience and the role adult education will play in the remedy of those ills. (RK)