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Farming Systems Research/Extension And The Concepts Of Sustainability, Charles A. Francis, Peter E. Hildebrand

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Farming Systems Research and Extension (FSR/E) has strongly influenced the direction of agricultural development over the past two decades. Involving farmers, change agents and researchers, this participatory approach to technological improvement has evolved as an efficient means to develop individual components and more integrated systems that are uniquely suited to specific biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. Farmers with similar conditions and for whom specific recommendations are appropriate are grouped, in FSR/E, into identifiable Recommendation Domains. The technologies recommended conform with the biophysical and socioeconomic constraints that create environments within the domains, based on the philosophy that new technologies must conform with …

Acuta Enews December 1988, Vol. 17, No. 12

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President's Message

Party Line

User Groups

"Project Eagle" And Favors

University of Kentucky Calls on Voice Automation

Of Mouse & Man

Acuta Enews October 1988, Vol. 17, No. 10

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Administrative Director

President's Message

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User Groups

Anatomy of a Telecommunications Installation Part 3

Regional Meeting Reports

Acuta Enews August 1988, Vol. 17, No. 8

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President's Message

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User Groups

Telecommunications Systems, 19 times

Anatomy OF A Telecommunications Installation

Acuta Enews June 1988, Vol. 17, No. 6

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Bits & Pieces

How much stress can fiber take?

AT&T Kills 800 Service

Acuta Enews May & April 1988, Vol. 17, No. 4 & 5

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President's Message

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The 10 Commandments of Telecommunications

Squeezing Phone Lines For All They're Worth

Call for Nominations

From Region 2

Keeping the Telephone Alive

911- Miami University

Acuta Enews March 1988, Vol. 17, No. 3

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President's Message

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17th Annual Summer Conference

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From the Board

Plan Now For San Diego

The University of British Columbia

The Other Side of T-1

National Profile Of Agricultural Teacher Educators And State Supervisors Of Vocational Agriculture By Mbti Preference Type, Richard M. Foster, James T. Horner

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The primary purpose of this study was to provide a national preference type profile of professionals employed in teacher education and state supervision an effort to explain similarities and differences, and to promote increased understanding and communication between these groups and their clientele. Specific objectives were to:

1. Determine preference type and temperament type of teacher educators and state supervisors in agricultural education.
2. Compare preference type and temperament type of teacher educators and state supervisors with that expected from the general population.
3. Compare temperament type of teacher educators and state supervisors by AATEA region.
4. Compare temperament type of teacher educators and …

Acuta Enews November 1987, Vol. 16, No. 11

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President's Message

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Eight Action Points For Telco Execs

US West unit signs US Sprint to card validation service

Critical Issues in Premises Cabling

Need a Consultant? Here's Why, When

Acuta Enews September & October 1987, Vol. 16, No. 9 & 10

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Back to the Future: The Power of 1A2

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Equal Access Reaches 84% of America

Acuta Enews August 1987, Vol. 16, No. 8

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PBX Helps University Provide Voice and Data

The Dangers to your Telecommunications System

Home Economics Teachers’ Perceptions Of What Is Being Taught Compared With Parents’ And Agency Representatives’ Perceptions Of What Should Be Taught, Kendra L. Vance

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to determine what home economics teachers perceive they are teaching and compare their perceptions with what parents and social service agency representatives in economically depressed counties perceived students should be taught. In 1986, Johnson determined parents' and social service agency representatives' perceptions of the importance of home economics concepts for high school students. In March 1987, a questionnaire, adapted from Johnson's Nebraska Home Economics Needs Assessment questionnaire, was mailed to 50 high school home economics teachers from 41 economically depressed counties throughout Nebraska. Half of the teachers (project teachers) had assisted in data collection …

Acuta Enews July 1987, Vol. 16, No. 1987

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Stanford University switches to the Meridian SL-100

The Broadband Cable Network

Party Line

Microcomputers Found More Available -and More Often Required -at Selective Colleges

Acuta Enews April 1987, Vol. 16, No. 4

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New Haven Seminar

Telephone System Installation Some Helpful Hints

Party Line

Building Wiring Options

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Facilities Management Market to Grow

Acuta Enews March 1987, Vol. 16, No. 3

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Notice of Elections and Constitutional Amendments

Memorandum

Your Future in Telecommunications

Acuta Enews February 1987, Vol. 16, No. 2

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President's Message

ACUTA Winter Seminar

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Cable Carnage: Coaxial battered

Confusion abounds

U.S. Asking Room for 'Baby Bells' To Grow

Experts Say Competition Would Stir Innovation

Acuta Enews January 1987, Vol. 16, No. 1

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You, Too, Can Avoid Those Frightening Pitfalls during implementation of a New Phone System

Mule Helps Maintain Phone Line In Canyon

Leihigh constructs voice/data net

Development Deal Brings AT&E's Wristwatch Pager Closer

Letter to the Editor

Acuta Enews December 1986, Vol. 15, No. 12

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Loyola University, New Orleans

Party Line

Region IV Hosts Seminar

Making the Phone Into a P.O. Box

Michael Toner Is First Recipient of Portfolio Award

Telecommunications Technology Seen Outpacing AI

Acuta Enews August 1986, Vol. 15, No. 8

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UNITS

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1986/87 ACUTA Board Of Directors

Communications Management: An Evolving Role

Acuta Enews July 1986, Vol. 15, No. 7

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Fall Seminar --- Orlando, Florida

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When Growth & Technology Spur Phone-system Change

Dial M For Madness

Acuta Enews May & June 1986, Vol. 15, No. 5 & 6

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Illinois Universities

Simplified Message Desk Interface

Pro & Con: Should Users Keep Network Control In-House?

DMI or CPI: Who will win?

Committed To Telecommunication Excellence

Look Boss, No Coax!

Acuta Enews April 1986, Vol. 15, No. 4

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Telecom Department Compensation: 1985

System 86 Cutover at Cornell

Selling

Developing The Personalized System Of Instruction For The Basic Speech Communication Course, William J. Seiler, Marilyn Fuss-Reineck

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this article is to discuss major planning and development decisions required in order to use the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) method in the basic speech communication course. In this article we examine: (1) how major PSI components are implemented and (2) how the PSI course is managed. By documenting the decisions required to use PSI in speech communication courses which include performances, we hope to provide helpful guidelines for those interested in applying the PSI method to their basic speech communication courses.

Acuta Enews March 1986, Vol. 15, No. 1986

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Centrex -- How Viable Today? Tomorrow?

Consultant's Corner

Accunent Switched 56 is providing switched digital transmission now

Acuta Enews February 1986, Vol. 15, No. 2

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President's Message

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ACUTA Spring Seminar

Columbia University

Data Network Considerations

Project Description- Systems Management and Billing

Project Description- Stations

Bits & Pieces

Acuta Enews January 1986, Vol. 15, No. 1

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Shared Tenant Services at Colleges and Universities

Can you hear me?

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New Product

The University of Central Florida

Telephone Registration

Factors Limiting Vocational Agriculture Student Participation In Supervised Occupational Experience Programs In Nebraska, Richard M. Foster

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The primary purpose of this study was to identify factors limiting student participation in supervised occupational experience (SOE) programs in Nebraska, as perceived by Nebraska vocational agriculture instructors. Specific objectives included:

1. Identify SOE-related characteristics of Nebraska vocational agriculture instructors.
2. Determine the Importance of selected school district, vocational agriculture, economic, student, and social factors in limiting student participation in SOE.
3. Determine differences among factors limiting student participation in SOE by length of contract, number of SOE on-site instructional visits per year, hours employed, in addition to vocational agriculture duties and years of teaching experience.

The Identification And Prioritization Of Tasks Of Vocational Agriculture Instructors As Perceived By State Supervisors, Teacher Educators, And Vocational Agriculture Instructors In Nebraska, Allen G. Blezek

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

Purpose of the Study

The study was conducted to determine what vocational agriculture instructors, teacher educators and state supervisors in vocational agriculture perceived as being the task priorities of Nebraska vocational agriculture instructors.

Specifically, the major objectives were to:

1. Identify the major tasks of Nebraska vocational agriculture instructors.
2. Prioritize major tasks of Nebraska vocational agriculture instructors as perceived by state supervisors, teacher educators and vocational agriculture instructors.
3. Compare priority rating of tasks by state supervisors, teacher educators, and vocational agriculture Instructors.

Acuta Enews December 1985, Vol. 14, No. 1985

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Happenings at Duke University Tel-Com

Communications, Bitnet and You or ACUTA Meets the Electronic Age

Data Comm Focus

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Acuta Enews November 1985, Vol. 14, No. 11

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University of Missouri

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Questions You Need to Answer before buying Cable

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