Careers in Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension: Maine Wild Blueberries

Introduction Many species of insects visit flowers in search of nectar and pollen. In return for these foods, the insects inadvertently pollinate the flowers. The major groups of insect pollinators are the bees, moths, butterflies, flies, and beetles. Some of the common minor groups of insect pollinators are ants, wasps, thrips, and true bugs. Many native insect species are important pollinator...

Milestones and the Future for Cooperative Extension

Milestones like the centennial of the Cooperative Extension system are significant in any organization. Milestones measure progress along a path, but can also give reassurances that travelers are on the right track. As Extension moves into the next century, we must continuously ask ourselves if it is focused and on the right path. What are some guiding principles that we need to follow? What ar...

New careers , more complex careers ?

The article deals with the question whether careers have indeed become more complex during the last years and/or decades by applying methods stemming from chaos research. The movements of 215 business school graduates from two different cohorts (graduation around 1970 and 1990 respectively) along two career-related dimensions (coupling, i.e. careerrelated security, dependency, and number of job...

Cooperative Coverage Extension in Land Mobile Satellite Networks

This chapter is dedicated to the application of cooperative relaying in heterogeneous land mobile satellite (LMS) systems. The aim of cooperation in this context is to help providing the missing coverage in harsh propagation environments characterized by a high node density such as urban areas. We study benefits and limits of the cooperative approach adopting a network model that is at the same...

Cooperative Extension Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace: Does Race Matter?