George W. Morse

The Minnesota Response

Cooperative Extension's Money and Mission Crisis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Minnesota Response explains how Minnesota Extension responded to its mission and money crisis in 2004 with a sweeping restructuring. Breaking with 95 years of tradition, Minnesota Extension shifted from a county delivery model to a regional/county model. Regionalization, however, is the tip of the iceberg. Several other policies define Minnesota's new approach, including changes in funding sources, degree of specialization of the regional educators, more statewide program teams, development of business plans and public value statements, supervision of field educators by program specialists rather than geographic supervisors, new scholarship and promotion expectations, and new evaluation efforts. The Minnesota Response describes these policies and reports on their initial impacts on program quality, scholarship, access, and public support. Michael V. Martin, Chancellor of Louisiana State University, writes: "As land-grant universities seek to rebuild programs based on "best practices," this book contributes valuable, experience-based insights into the choices available as Extension programs continue to evolve and respond."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9781440155413
• ISBN-10: 1440155410
• Artikelnr.: 27397303

Autorenporträt

The Minnesota Response explains how Minnesota Extension responded to its mission and money crisis in 2004 with a sweeping restructuring. Breaking with 95 years of tradition, Minnesota Extension shifted from a county based delivery model to a regional/county delivery model. Regionalization, however, is the tip of the iceberg. Several other policies defi ne Minnesota's new approach, including changes in funding sources, degree of specialization of the regional educators, more statewide program teams, development of business plans, increased use of market research, supervision of fi eld educators by program specialists rather than geographic supervisors, and new scholarship and promotion expectations. "The Minnesota Response" details these policies and reports on their initial impacts on program quality, scholarship, access to Extension, and public support for Extension. "As land-grant universities seek to rebuild programs based on "best practices," this book contributes valuable, experienced-based insights into the choices available as Extension programs continue to evolve and respond. The Minnesota model as presented here should prove informative to many others." Michael V. Martin, Chancellor, Louisiana State University, 2009.