A survey of limited income farmers in Georgia indicates that they are younger and more educated than their predecessors and have increased their contacts with county extension agents. (LRA)

Indiana extension agents (87 of 278 responded) were surveyed about Purdue's Childhood Safety and Health Resource Guide on the World Wide Web. Although 74 had web access, only 2 had used the guide. Many cited the expense of web access and lack of portability. However, more usage is expected as Internet access becomes less expensive and educators…

Evaluation of a project in which Botswanan extension agents used participatory rural appraisal showed that agents can develop attitudes for adopting more participatory approaches, but they are hindered by institutional and contextual constraints, such as government bureaucracy and the political economy. (SK)

Describes how the Professional Educators' Access to Knowledge (PEAK) Institute for Science in Agriculture exposed both formal (middle school teachers) and nonformal (county extension agents) educators to contemporary agricultural research. (Author/CCM)

Male and female high school graduates are being enlisted as Educational Corpsmen for a two year period of military training and educational services in rural Iran. (LH)

"Together" 4-H programming involves both youth who have disabilities and those who do not. This workbook cna help an individual begin "together" 4-H programming or expand existing programs. The workbook has been prepared to provide professional and volunteer staff with: (1) a working notebook on 4-H programming with handicapped…

Developed to provide community animators or facilitators, extension workers, and trainers in east, central, and southern Africa with units and modules useful in compiling training courses to meet their own needs, this three-part guide includes, for each target group, a discussion of the group's needs/problems and roles and suggests learning…

A 113-item questionnaire completed by 233 county agricultural extension agents supplied data for a study of educational interests in competency areas of--understanding social systems, program planning and development, understanding human development, extension organization and administration, the educational process, communications, effective…

This study focuses on tort liability and its relationship to extension professionals working with 4-H programs. Tort liability as related to extension professionals consists of ten components: due care, physical defects (inspection of premises), instruction and supervision, first aid and medical treatment, foreseeability, causation, defamation,…

The pamphlet elaborates on the philosophy that the role of 4-H Club extension agents and volunteers is to help people to do things for themselves, rather than to do things for them. It presents brief discussions of 22 principles dealing generally with the importance of extension agents and volunteers in the operation of 4-H Clubs, the need for…

The study examines attitudes toward blacks of 127 randomly selected county level white 4-H and youth professionals in 12 Northeastern States (a 98 percent response rate). The subjects were randomly divided between one control and one treatment group and administered the Situational Attitude Scale, a racial attitude measurement instrument…

Concern has been growing at the national level regarding the large sums which have been spent on research and development and the corresponding inability of the resulting technology at the local level to solve problems involving the environment, transportation, energy crisis, and public health. The following report describes the investigation…

The major objective of this study was to determine if an index to indicate the work load of field staff personnel could be developed. The data were collected by the county directors on the basis of information included in the state and federal reports covering the period July 1, 1966 to December 31, 1966. A factor of 450 was used to convert total…

At the Mid-Continent Conference on "The Role of the University in Community Development," 3 major papers were presented. In the first, Glen C. Pulver dealt with urban problems and used Milwaukee, Wisconsin as an example to illustrate the complexities of modern metropolitan life. Because communication among various groups in the city is necessary…

This study examined relationships between job satisfaction and dimensions and functions of work groups, sex, organizational status, and the levels of individual social dependency of the respondents. The Job Description Index provided a specific measure of overall job satisfaction. Social dependency was measured by the twenty questions in factor Q2…