Campus Units
Economics
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2019
Journal or Book Title
Choices
Volume
34
Issue
2
First Page or Article ID Number
1
Last Page
7
Abstract
Since its inception in the Smith–Lever Act of 1914, Extension has been a hallmark of the tripartite mission of U.S. land grant universities. In fact, arguably, Extension is a globally unique feature of the U.S. public universities that provide practical higher education opportunities to the public (Rasmussen, 1989; Gould, Steele, and Woodrum, 2014). Through the Cooperative Extension System, a unique partnership among federal, state, and county governments allows “useful and practical” researched-based knowledge to be disseminated beyond the campuses of various land grant universities to farmers, ranchers, and consumers. However, this century-old cooperative system is at a critical inflection point, facing both challenges and opportunities.
JEL Classification
Q10, Q16
Copyright Owner
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Copyright Date
2019
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Mykel and Zhang, Wendong, "Training the Next Generation of Extension Economists" (2019). Economics Publications. 668.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/668
Included in
Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Agricultural Education Commons, Community-Based Learning Commons, Rural Sociology Commons, University Extension Commons
Comments
This article is published as Taylor, Mykel, and Wendong Zhang. "Training the Next Generation of Extension Economists." Choices 34, no. 2 (2019): 1-7. Posted with permission.