Stating that comic books are an effective way to present instructional materials, the authors sent food and nutrition subject matter using characters in a daytime television serial in a set of comic books to a sample of extension homemakers. Survey results and implications for extension education are discussed. (MF)

The report describes a project to provide instruction in home health-management assistance in Fracksville, Pennsylvania. Home health-management assistants are defined as unlicensed nonprofessional workers who provide home management assistance and personal care to convalescent, disabled, or chronically ill persons. This one-year course is designed…

Materials to facilitate the evaluation of the competencies women acquire from domestic and volunteer work were developed, so that academic credit might be awarded for these skills, and so that women's entry or re-entry into post secondary education might be enhanced. The project staff reviewed the literature, contacted volunteers and volunteer…

After a brief summary of the findings of a 1979 study of Personal and Family Financial Planning (PFFP) programs at member institutions of the League for Innovation in the Community College (LICC), this two-part monograph provides information on selected PFFP programs. Part I presents in-depth descriptions of the implementation, subject coverage,…