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Ghimire, Nav R. – Journal of Extension, 2023
This article explores the challenges of reporting outcomes of the Extension educational programs at land-grant universities and presents a model highlighting the focus and expectations of reporting in Cooperative Extension. This model provides a rationale for recognizing the relationship between program planning, evaluation, reporting, and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Effectiveness, Land Grant Universities, Program Development
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Kylie Pybus; Ronald L. Gibbs; Karen Franck; M. Catalina Aragón – Journal of Extension, 2023
Extension professionals often communicate program outcomes to external stakeholders using impact statements. We developed and evaluated four impact statements for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). We drafted the statements after conducting literature reviews for core content areas of EFNEP that include diet quality, food…
Descriptors: Communications, Attitudes, Position Papers, Outcome Measures
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Collins, Susan M.; Kubin, Laurel L.; Fruhauf, Christine A.; Zander, Ann; Boyer, Luann K. – Journal of Extension, 2018
This article describes how Extension professionals and university faculty collaborated on the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a conference to address a key societal issue. Needs assessment and evaluation results are presented as well as an explanation of how results were used in planning future conferences. With limited Extension…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Extension Education, Universities, College Faculty
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Schmieder, Christian; Caldwell, Kyrie E. H.; Bechtol, Ellen – Journal of Extension, 2018
Land-grant Extension institutions face increasing expectations to use data to communicate value and drive program and organizational development. In this article, we introduce the University of Wisconsin--Extension Data Jam Initiative, an integrated qualitative software, methods, and data analysis curriculum. The Data Jam Initiative is an…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Cooperation, Mentors, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Apel, Mark; Mostafa, Ayman; Brandau, Bill; Garfin, Gregg – Journal of Extension, 2013
In 2011, Arizona Cooperative Extension implemented Externships in Sustainability, a program in which undergraduate students conduct community-based sustainability projects. In contrast to internships, in which students shadow a professional, externship students apply their skills to community outreach. Extension faculty proposed projects and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Sustainability, Undergraduate Students, Outreach Programs
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Monroe, Martha C. – Journal of Extension, 2012
State Extension programs can contribute to the successful adoption of national environmental education programs by making locally relevant resources available, creating reference materials to bridge between 4-H project books and other resources, and developing companion materials that supplement national materials with local issues and resources.…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Environmental Education, National Programs, Shared Resources and Services