Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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CENTRAL EXTENSION I. O. KELLER Assistant to the President, in Charge of Extension ORGANIZATION J. 0. KELLER xhsishm! m the President. in Charge of Extension E. L. KELLER - A - - D. B. PUCII - - , . . S. H. CAAIPBELL - C. RI. GRAFI: Executive Assistant In Charge, Instruction In Charge, Community Services - In Charge, Business and Records The Central Extension Division, serving as a eo-ordinat- ing organization for the general extension services of the College and directed by the Assistant to the President, in Chafge of Extension, operates numerous educational pro- grams on and off campus, particularly those in which the subject matter involves two or more schools of the College. The on-campus phase of the work consists principally of institutes, workshops, short courses, and Clinics for such diverse groups as lumber retailers or water worksi operators, as well as special services in the fields of motion pictures and other audiovisual aids, public safety, and consultation in the various fields of education. The OPf-C'dmpus program is conducted primarily at the 10 Full-time Penn State Centers, and secondarily in many other communities where part-time class work is conducted either on an annual schedule, or when the need occurs. Many Clinics and workshops, and many of the activities in the iields of labor education and management training are also conducted off-cumpus, us well as programs in public safety, guidance, and counseling. Fullvtime Penn State Centers are in Allentown, Al- tmma, DuBois, Erie, Harrisburg, Hazleton, McKeesport, Pottsville, Swarthmore, and Wilkes-Barre. At seven celr ters CAltoona. DuBois, Erie, Harrisburg, llazleton, Potts- ville. zmd SwarthmorcD upproxinmtely 2,000 Penn State freshmen are receiving their iirst year of college work. Technical Institute curricula are oftered at seven centers as well as in eight other communities. Many types of studies are ottered at night at the centers as part of an adult education program. The administrative stat? in each of the centers is responsible for meeting the educational needs and demands in its area. of the State in so far as the needs and demands come under the scope of the College's general extension services. Each of the centers has its own building or buildings, owned or rented by the College, or in a few instances,

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SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

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owned by the Penn State Advisory Board in the particular community. Approximately 3,000 persons were enrolled during the 1948-49 year in full-time class programs CPenn State fresh- men, sophomores, and Day Technical Institute studentQ. More than 12,000 persons were enrolled in part-tirne eve- ning courses in Evening Technical Institutes and in Class centers. The informal instruction program annually reaches sew Cral hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania residents, both on and off the campus, through its workshops, conferences, Clinics, lectures, and demonstrations; and the film library served nearly 2,000,000 persons during the past year. Correspondence instruction, oflering a wide variety of home-studv courses in many fields, and also courses in co- operation with both the U. S. Armed Forces Institute and the Veterans Administration, reached approximately 3,000 during the year. Of special interest are the growing programs in labor education and management training. Institutes for several thousands of workers are being conducted in State College and in the larger industrial areas of the State, giving to labor a broader inSight 0f the industrial system, of the demo- cratic process, and of labor's rights and responsibilities. Conferences and courses for management executives are given on the campus and in industrial and business estab- lishments in all parts of the State, helping management to discover the most effective and efhcient methods of training its supervisory personnel. The extension services of the College operate on the premise that If you cannot come to the College, let the College come to you. Every eHort is made to lill all bona fide requests for educational programs from residents of the State, in additional to stimulating interest in adult education at every opportunity.