Organizational change: extension staff response to increase programming for at-risk audiences

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Evaluating Extension-Based Adult Education for Agricultural Labor Supervisors

“…This is significant not only for the agricultural industry but for Cooperative Extension. Hassel (2004), Klemme et al (2005), and Thering (2009) have all noted that barriers formed by culture, class, ethnicity, race, and/or language differences impede partnerships with underserved groups. As this study has demonstrated, cultural and linguistic responsiveness is an essential program component that facilitates Extension collaborations with underserved audiences and ensures effective agricultural education.…”

“…Frierson et al's (2010) and Bryson and Patton's (2010) arguments are relevant to university Extension programs which, generally, have been critiqued for their structural barriers to partnerships with underserved groups (e.g. Hassel, 2004;Klemme, Hausafus, & Shirer, 2005). Thering (2009) adds that in both program development and evaluation processes, Extension professionals must increasingly identify and overcome a spectrum of barriers formed by culture, class, ethnicity, race, and/or language if they are to produce intended educational and community capacity building outcomes.…”