Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26480
Notes:
Pages 211-232 in Zachary Michael Jack (ed.), Love of the land: essential farm and conservation readings from an American Golden Age, 1880-1920. Cambria Press, Youngstown, New York. 463 pages., From an 1899 book by Adams, The modern farmer in his business relations (pages 39-50).
Evans, Jim (author) and Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2013-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01388
Notes:
1 page., Brief review of the author's chosen role as an agricultural communications faculty member in the academic community, with emphasis on the relationship with agriculture.
Case report about public service activities in the human dimensions program of the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Case study involving a Cornell University natural resource professor who has combined scholarly inquiry with strong engagement with public interests and issues. Authors note barriers to the craft of public scholarship in this full sense and urge support needed to enable it.
America’s rural-urban divide seemingly has never been greater, a point reinforced by large geographic disparities in support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. But it is also the case that big cities and rural communities are more tightly integrated than ever and are increasingly interdependent, both economically and socially. This new rural-urban interface is highlighted in this collection of articles, which are organized and developed around the general concept of changing symbolic and social boundaries. Rural-urban boundaries—how rural and urban people and places are defined and evaluated—reflect and reinforce institutional forces that maintain spatial inequality and existing social, economic, and political hierarchies. This volume makes clear that rural-urban boundaries are highly fluid and that this should be better reflected in research programs, in the topics that we choose to study, and in the way that public policy is implemented.
9 pages, via online journal, The U.S. university-based extension system model has been successful nationally, but not adopted globally. Various historical factors rendered the U.S. system a less attractive option for emerging post-WWII nations. However, current changes in education and extension landscapes are creating new opportunities for the globalization of U.S. Extension. Specifically, both the U.S. and Chinese extension systems now face the common challenge of delivering meaningful university-based extension under shifting conditions. This commonality creates opportunities for exploring long-term, synergistic university-based extension systems and potentially achieving associated benefits worldwide.
Abbott, Eric A. (author), Evans, James F. (author), and Scharpe, Jennifer (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-06-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29031
Notes:
Presented at the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) conference, Des Moines, Iowa, June 9, 2009. 44 pages., Findings confirm the wide scatter of literature about this field, identify substantial amount of such research being conducted by a wide range of authors and reported through more than 100 scholarly journals during that period. Findings also reveal the breadth of journal literature being identified through efforts of the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center. Authors call for more collaborative research efforts.
