This anthology identifies and discusses the present challenges and future opportunities in Canadian university extension. It consist of articles, written by experts in the field, grouped under five major headings: Overview, Change, Leadership, Programs, and Delivery.

Authors have been chosen because of their known interest and expertise in an area considered important to the overall composition of this publication. The anthology would be of value to any professional or layperson with an interest in the role and activities of university extension.

Editors

Michael Brooke

University of Victoria

Mark Waldron

University of Guelph

• 1. Introduction, Michael Brooke and Mark Waldron
• 2. Continuing Education and the Canadian Mosaic, Gordon Selman
• 3. Philosophical Issues in Continuing Education, Mark Selman
• 4. Improving Support Services for Adult Learners, J. Potter
• 5. Deans and Directors: The Challenge of Organizing University Extension, Sandra D. Pearce
• 6. The Competitiveness Continuum — Managing Education and Training in the Next Decade, Jacquelyn Thayer Scott
• 7. Strategic Planning: Designing Your Future, Michael Brooke and Rhordon Wikkramatileke
• 8. Cost-Recovery: The Current Challenge, Jane Cruikshank
• 9. Models for the Future, Mark W. Waldron
• 10. The Two Solitudes of Scholarship and Practice, Gordon Thompson and Roy M.K. Wagner
• 11. Using Research to Achieve Change, Laurence Devlin
• 12. Towards a Changing Profile of the Adult Learner, Denis J. Haughey
• 13. Financial Management of Scarce Resources, Cliff Bilyea
• 14. Program Planning: Issues, Functions, and Implications, Donald J. Blackburn and Wayne Lamble
• 15. Evaluation: A Multifaceted Window on Extension's World, Lynn E. Davie
• 16. Towards a Theoretical Framework for University Community Education, Brishkai Lund
• 17. The Extension Programmer: Keystone of Success, Dianne Conrad
• 18. Institutional Collaboration: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, Angelina T. Wong
• 19. Workplace Learning: Challenges and Opportunities, H.K. Morris Baskett and Brad Jackson
• 20. University Extension and Conservation Education, Albert A. Einsiedel, Jr.
• 21. Changing the Distance Education Management Model at UVic, Kate Seaborne and James C. McDavid
• 22. Communication Technology and Distance Education, George A.B. Moore
• 23. Values and Methodologies in Distance Education, Jennifer O'Rourke
• 24. Single or Dual Mode: Challenges and Choices for the Future of Education, Marian Croft
• 25. Summer Institutes: An Innovative Approach to Non-Traditional Education, Robert Martin/Wes Koczka
• 26. Collaborative Development and Distance Delivery of Extension Programs, Walter Archer and Wes Koczka

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