Contents Executive Summary Situation Statement The OSU Innovations Introduction to the Study The questionnaire Study Findings Results by Theme Integration Scholarship Responsiveness Innovations Results Participants vs. Public Breakouts Flexibility Resources Outcomes Discussion Recommendations

Innovations Related to Responsiveness One of the intentions associated with the third mission innovations is to enhance OSU Extension’s capacity to be customer-driven and responsive. None of the innovations addresses this specifically. In fact, the opposite outcome was at least plausible: a risk that incorporating Extension into academic departments might actually decrease its responsiveness, to the extent that university departments were subject to an "ivory tower" aloofness from public input and guidance which might "rub off" on Extension professionals as a result of their closer integration with departments. On the other hand, Extension’s culture of engagement might prevail: those departments that have been augmented by the inclusion of Extension faculty, and especially of Extension field-based faculty, might achieve some advantage because of the connection with the Oregon public which Extension field faculty provide. previous page top of this page next page