Attitudes of County Extension Agents Toward Agent Specialization in Ohio
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Agent specialization as a concept of providing expertise closer to program delivery, was introduced by the Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service as a way to improve the county agent’s ability to work across county lines and across program lines. While the extension agent was still to be a resident community educator working with a broad range of county problems, he/she also would be expected to become specialized in a knowledge area (Hutchings, 1990).
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