All Extension professionals employed by the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service during the entire Fiscal Year 1971, a total of 378 employees, participated in a study to determine their attitudes toward working with low-income clientele. Data were collected by mail questionnaire, personnel records, and statistical reports from the employees. Of…

This study was concerned with the problem of decreasing county junior 4-H enrollment in Tennessee. It was designed to determine the association between selected variables concerning county 4-H programs and the total junior 4-H enrollment. The major purposes of the study were (1) to determine the relations between the total number of junior 4-H…

This study identified, defined, and applied communications concepts required by adult educators in agriculture to fulfill their role as change agents. An extensive review was made of the literature, related research, and opinions of specialists in communication, extension education, and vocational agriculture to predict behavior needed for future…

The purposes of this study were to determine the educational impact of an out-of-school informal migrant program, and to discover materials, techniques, methods, and guidelines for similar programs with migrant children. The Orange County, New York 4-H program was evaluated weekly and a record of successful projects, staff training procedures, and…

Two hundred New York State adult educators drawn from 1) directors of continuing education in the units of the State University of New York, 2) directors of continuing education in the public schools, and 3) Cooperative Extension agents responded to a mail questionnaire that sought to ascertain the extent to which they had been exposed to the…

A study was conducted of the expectations and perceived communication between field and supervisory personnel in the Michigan Cooperative Extension Service. Each agent in the sample completed a 209-item questionnaire dealing with his communication with his supervisor, and each supervisor completed ten such questionnaires for each of his ten field…

This report details those 4-H staff development and training programs conducted at the national level that have been partially financed by a W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant. A national invitational joint meeting of State 4-H Youth Leaders and State Leaders was held in 1971 to discuss implementation of these programs. Twelve workshops and seminars…

This report covers a six-month sabbatical travel study of urban 4-H programs in 30 United States cities. The purpose of the study was to search for 4-H programs and methods which were being used successfully with urban boys and which might be adapted for use in other urban situations. Interviews with professional 4-H personnel, aides, and leaders…

The purpose of the 4-H membership study conducted in Garrard County, Kentucky, was to determine why a large percentage of individuals discontinue 4-H between their 8th and 9th year of school. Thirty-four individuals completed questionnaires designed to measure the extent of their participation when they were 4-H members and to learn the reasons…

The 4-H program is dependent upon adult volunteer leaders to carry out its work. During the decade of the 1970s, this program hopes to double its educational effort. In order to do this, the number of volunteer leaders will have to double also. To accomplish this, a leadership development process to be used in helping 4-H agents effectively…

Extension low income programs in Indiana, part of the nation-wide Expanded Food and Nutrition Program, are described. The programs were carried out in 11 areas of the State. The types of programs varied from community, ranging from day camps, camping, arts and crafts, hikes, gardening, and health and nutrition projects. Youngsters from 5 to 15…

A needs assessment of New York State small apparel and textile manufacturers suggested possible roles for extension education, such as newsletters providing information on market trends, government assistance, and new technology; a telephone hotline system; specialized media programs; and liaison between industry and state and local governments.…

Describes results of a study conducted to determine the factors that extension agents perceived as encouraging and discouraging successful instructional applications in extension programming. Results concerned how agents used computers, factors encouraging instructional application, factors discouraging application, recommendations for improving…

Proposes a model, based on the Cooperative Extension Service, for broad cooperative partnerships between universities and local education communities. Explains how the work of education specialists would parallel that of extension agents and how specialists would be the nucleus of cooperative efforts to solve local problems in secondary education.…

Orthopedically disabled adults were surveyed by written questionnaire to determine what information sources they perceived to be available, which they used, and which they preferred to use to receive information about the selection, adaptation, and construction of clothing. The following sources were recommended: county extension bulletins,…