Cornell 4-H Study Conclusions

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In this article the writer examines a 4-H study and discusses that role conflict exists between educators in the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service and the organization. The writer points out that according to the study, educators aim to ensure that community needs are met, yet the organization denies many programs essential to community need. Further, the writer notes that although educators are significant in the implementation of programs, they feel that their main roles as educators are being ignored. The writer highlights that the study provides evidence that this contention had a basis in fact, and that educators were experiencing role conflict within the program. Further, the writer points out that the role conflict is evident within the community in which the need existed for programs in the areas of teen pregnancy, violence and drug use.

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"In regard to methodology, it was contended that role conflict existed between educators in the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service and the organization. The hypothesis contended that educators believed that their mission within the organization was to ensure that the needs of all community members were met; yet, the organization denied many programs essential to community need. It was further contended that while educators were significant in the implementation of programs approved by Cornell Cooperative Extension, these professionals felt that their primary roles as educators were being ignored."

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