In the article the involvement of Federal government into adult education is analyzed; the nature and extent of legislative measures taken in order to improve the quality of adult education in the USA is investigated. [For the complete Volume 12 proceedings, see ED597979.]

This article presents remarks by E. Gordon Gee, the president of the Ohio State University, at the 10th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference. He talks about his realization that the time had come for higher education institutions to reinvigorate and expand their commitment to communities. Upon returning to Ohio State, he thought hard…

This study examined the educational beliefs about teaching and learning of Chinese international and American-born graduate students in the disciplines of pure and applied sciences and mathematics at Auburn University by comparing their similarities and differences. The study reported (a) participants' demographic characteristics, (b) the dominant…

Public service radio programming provided by state extension services will change drastically in the near future due to broadcast deregulation. The two aspects of deregulation affecting land-grant radio programming are elimination of the limit on the number of commercials per hour, and elimination of requirements specifying the amount of news and…

A study examined organizational goal diffusion and goal congruence at a large land-grant university. A questionnaire was completed by 42 university faculty and staff members. The questionnaire included nine goal statements which had been presented in official university publications. Respondents indicated agreement or disagreement on a five-point…

The paper focuses on the land-grant mission of outreach to its community. It reviews the history of the land-grant institution and its missions, especially in the context of changes in higher education at the end of the 20th century that affect funding, demographics, and institutional mission and culture. UC Berkeley provides a case study. The…

Universities in two social settings may independently orient themselves to public service obligations and/or restructure the university system along similar lines to provide the information services demanded. Yet, with the achievement of the information systems capacity in agricultural colleges in the United States and with contracts and idea…

Provides an overview of the history of blacks in higher education tracing their progress from 1619 to 1970. The speech explores the creation of land grant universities and black colleges and highlights Supreme Court rulings having major impacts on black progress in higher education. (GR)

This publication presents the text of a speech by the president of Cornell University on the future of American universities. The speech is preceded by a brief preface describing the origin and history of the David Dodds Henry lecture series, and by the original introduction to the speaker delivered by president Stanley O. Ikenberry of the…

The authors examine the historical context and current implications of four questions: (1) What is the relationship of land grant universities to agrarian discontent? (2) What was the Wisconsin Idea? (3) What is "public service"? and (4) What views of knowledge predominated in the early days? The land grant university was central as a cause/effect…

Notes changes in the social contract between society and land grant universities and resulting implications for rural sociology's research, teaching, and extension agenda. Traces the legislative, academic, and social contexts of these changes. Suggests new organizational and networking strategies for rural sociology that will foster new…

Microcomputer use and access, training needs, information sources, and self-perceived knowledge and skills regarding microcomputers were determined with a sample of college of agriculture faculty in 11 land-grant universities. Personal and organizational characteristics related to various levels of using microcomputers were also investigated.…

The purpose of peer group identification is to objectively organize a large number of academic programs so the results might be used for administrative analysis and comparison. Data from teacher education programs in 76 public universities were analyzed using multi-stage statistical procedures. Data on 215 variables (e.g., average class size, by…

The author of this speech discusses racial dualism in higher education in the American South. The states of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana have all had suits brought against them for maintaining separate and unequal institutions for blacks and whites. In all three states, the vast proportion of funds allocated for higher education have been…

This paper reviews the effects of the Agricultural College Act (1862), which established land grant colleges, on higher education in the United States, focusing largely on the role of Amos Brown, president of The People's College in New York, which served as a model for the Agricultural College Act. Brown's role in the founding of the college in…