A Case Study of the State University, Extension, and the College of Agriculture as They Explore and Implement a Metro Research and Outreach Initiative

The national Cooperative Extension and Land Grant University Systems have been struggling with their future direction due to the question of relevance related to urban and metropolitan citizens for a great number of years. This system is quite traditional in that it follows the customary rural, production agriculture focus with an overwhelming percentage of its resources aimed at those efforts. At the State University, like most other traditional land grant institutions, there has been an inner systemic struggle regarding programming to urban areas. This institution was able to establish a metro initiative in one of the state's major cities. Its outcome can have significant impact on organizational policy, funding, program focus, stakeholder support, public support, and leadership development relative to urban Extension. This dissertation is a qualitative research inquiry using case study methodology to explore these issues using representative bureaucracy theory as the lens from which to assess the nature of the system and how it was able to proceed with the project.

Name thesis:degree_name

EdD

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program for Education Leaders (IDPEL)

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• DeCiantis, Deno

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peter Miller
• Emma Mosley
• Craig Weidemann

• Urban
• Cooperative Extension
• Administration
• land grant
• College of Agriculture

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/468

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1481