The Brink of Extension

Extension is on the brink or at a turning point. But on the brink of what, and where should we turn?

The documents here propose one direction. Read them. React. Log on to the Extension’s Brink Discussion Board. Tell us.

Dave King & Mike Boehlje, Purdue Extension

 

Extension on the Brink:
Meeting the Private Sector Challenge in the Information Marketplace

October 1998 article published in the Journal of Applied Communications

 

Extension’s Future:
A Conversation About What Lies Beyond the Brink

Text of the McDowell Lecture delivered at The Pennsylvania State University’s Annual Extension Conference in November 1999

 

So You Want to Have a Job in 2005?
Bringing Extension Back from the Brink

Text of a presentation delivered at the United States Agricultural Communicators’ Congress in July 2000

 

Extension: On the Brink of Extinction or Distinction?

October 2000 article published in the Journal of Extension

 

e-Extension/USA—
Building a Business Model

Text proposing business plan for feasibility study of "e-Extension/USA"

 

React On-Line

Our discussion has moved to the next level!

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