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Covid-19_Umaine News_Carter Recent Guest In ‘Maine Calling’ Segment About Mainers Helping Each Other During Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2020

Covid-19_Umaine News_Carter Recent Guest In ‘Maine Calling’ Segment About Mainers Helping Each Other During Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Maine Public featuring Hannah Carter, Dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on a segment of 'Maine Calling' about how Mainers have helped one another during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Communications Challenges In A Smaller World, John G. Richardson, Stephen J. Lilley, Robert B. Gregory Jan 1990

Communications Challenges In A Smaller World, John G. Richardson, Stephen J. Lilley, Robert B. Gregory

Sociology Faculty Publications

Technological change and overlapping social, environmental. educational and political issues have increased the need for understandable communications among the different countries of the world. Because English is wldely used. many Americans have no other language capability and are at a disadvantage in many situations. In addition, changes in the ethnic composition of the United States have intensified the need for skills in other languages. The need for second-language skills is perhaps greater among agriculturalists than it is for other areas. The Cooperative Extension System has Important roles to play in expanding these communication skills.