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Download full textRatchford, C. Brice – 1967
The land-grant universities, through Cooperative Extension Services, have performed the most important university outreach function in America. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 stated that the function of Cooperative Extension was to provide practical instruction in subjects related to agriculture and home economics. Subsequent amendments to the Act…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Extension Education, Institutional Role, Land Grant Universities
