Cornell Applied Research and Extension Program Councils and Work Teams

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The Challenges Associated with Change in 4-H/Youth Development by McKee, Talbert, Barkman, April 2002. Topics: Attitudes, resistance, parental involvement, recommendations.

Investing in the Future: Addressing Work/Life Issues of Employees by Linda Kutilek, Nikki Conklin, Gail Gunderson, February 2002. Topics: importance of work/life issues in Extension, adopting work/life strategies

Facing Issues of Diversity: Rebirthing the Extension System by Ann Schauber and Kathy Castania, December 2001.
Topics: the diversity challenge, skills needed, eight guiding principles, national support

Achieving Diversity and Pluralism: Our (Sad) Separatist Model by Maurice Dorsey, December 2001. Topic: facing the separatist model of 1862's, 1890's, 1994's, and HIS's

Talk Around the Coffeepot: A Key to Cultural Change Toward Diversity by Ann Schauber, December 2001. Topics: organizational diversity culture; research on supportive, defensive, and neutral dimensions of climate toward diversity

Effecting Extension Organizational Change Toward Cultural Diversity: a Conceptual Framework by Ann Schauber, June 2001. Topics: business case for a culturally diverse organization, organizational climate and organizational culture, measuring Extension's diversity climate

Guidelines for Change by: Arlen Etling, December 1997. Topic: ten guidelines for managing change

Managing Diversity Within Cooperative Extension by Merrill Ewert, August 1994. Topic: action steps to increase multicultural effectiveness

Organizing for Change by: Paul D. Warner, Summer 93. Topic: symbolic, political structural, and human resource frames for change

An Emphasis on Diversity in CES by Curtis Gear, Fall 1992 Topics: defining a multicultural organization, strategic planning goals

Extension System Change: Fact or Fiction by Patrick Boyle, Summer 89. Topics: valuing change, changing ourselves, risk and controversy