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Julie Fox; Solomon Garner – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2022
Extension is well-positioned to engage strategically with urban communities now and in the future. A century of collaboration and proven impact provides Extension with a valuable foundation focused on relevant service accessible to all people; applied science and co-discovery; respectful and inclusive engagement; and commitment to community…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Urban Extension, Access to Education, Futures (of Society)
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Brad Gaolach; Michael Kern; Christina Sanders – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2017
The educational program model is the principle approach Extension uses to deliver on its mission of "taking knowledge to the people." However, with county-based faculty fully engaged in long-term program delivery, they may have little or no capacity to address emerging issues faced by urban communities. Urban governments often seek the…
Descriptors: Urban Extension, Extension Education, Urban Universities, State Universities
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1974
Providing the chief example of a successful adult education movement in the United States, the Cooperative Extension Service has demonstrated the capacity to adjust its programs to meet changing rural and urban needs. The roughly 3000 local offices provide people with ready access to a staff who are backed up by the land-grant university based…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Community Development
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Kelly, Dorothy A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1979
The College of New Rochelle's School of New Resources is described including: adult participation in decision making (selection and development of courses, faculty recruitment, and courses and programs evaluation), and descriptions of extension centers and campuses (AFSCME-AFL/CIO, Co-op City, South Bronx, New York Theological Seminary, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Involvement
Upton, James N. – 1982
The College Educational Opportunities Program (CEOP) is a feature of the Black Studies Community Extension Center, located in an inner-city area of Columbus, Ohio, conducted through The Ohio State University (OSU). It provides disadvantaged adults with an opportunity to take fully accredited basic courses in mathematics, English, black studies and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Black Community, Black Education, Black Students
Maphis, Charles G. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
This report is not a complete survey of educational extension in the United States. The limitations of time, space, and cost forestall a complete detailed statistical review of the work of the past biennium. A full account in detail would require visits to every Commonwealth, a very large expenditure of time and money, and a report of several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Popular Education, Educational Development