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2. Factors influencing Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rice, Ashley E. (author)
- Format:
- Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05
- Published:
- USA: Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10800
- Notes:
- 138 pages., Thesis also is available online from Purdue University by open access, using the URL below., Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science degree at Purdue University. Contributed by author to the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center and University Library, University of Illinois., Purpose was to explain and predict Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University based on level of concern for social and community issues, level of anomie, past interactions with Purdue, and perceptions of Purdue. Findings confirmed that Extension's programmatic areas are addressing perceived needs in the state and that individuals are interested in these programmatic issues. "Land-grant universities can continue to rise to the challenge and deliver state-of-the-art education, research, and resources for all people, as long as they listen to the public and address critical social, community and stakeholder issues."
3. Harsh critic reassesses U.S. knowlege systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hightower, Jim (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11172
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 8(1) : 3
- Notes:
- Located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., An invited reassessment by the author of a book, Hard Tomatoes and Hard Times, in which he faulted U.S. land grant universities for abandoning the original intended focus on serving small, low-resource farmers. Emphasized farmers' need for neutral, unbiased assessment of new, often very specialized, technologies. "...and at the same time they will need generalists who can assist in developing comprehensive, integrated farming systems that can depend on lessons learned decades ago as well as new knowledge."
4. Study of adult education in rural areas
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Loomis, Charles P. (author), Beegle, J.Allan (author), and Leonard, Olen E. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1953
- Published:
- USA: Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, Michigan
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07908
- Notes:
- Available at ACES 309.133 ST9R, 392 pages.
5. Who needs Extension anyway? Maybe we do
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Spangler, holly (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2017-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09297
- Journal Title:
- Prairie Farmer
- Journal Title Details:
- 189(8) : 18