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Questionnaire findings are reported according to the following themes. Integration of Extension Faculty into DepartmentsIntegration of Extension professionals into campus departments is one of the hallmarks of the Oregon State innovations. Perhaps the most dramatic feature of the integration is that Extension faculty serve on the Promotion & Tenure committees of teaching and research faculty, and vice versa. Extension faculty are also full participants in departmental faculty meetings. Scholarship ActivitiesOne of the key features of the OSU innovations is a new definition of scholarship which was developed at the initiative of the College of Agriculture but has been applied University-wide by action of the Faculty Senate. From the OSU Extension perspective, the definition of scholarship is part of a new expectation regarding Extension scholarship: Extension professionals – both field- and campus-based – became subject to an expectation to devote part of their time to scholarship activities each year. ResponsivenessOne 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. FlexibilityOrganizational flexibility or adaptivity is an attribute that contributes to long-term organizational survival and success. OSUES has created a system with a potential for a highly valuable type of enhanced adaptivity: a structure is in place for developing Extension functions within segments of the University far removed from its traditional roots in agriculture, forestry, and home economics. ResourcesOne of OSU’s Third Mission innovations was to locate programmatic guidance for Extension education within the academic structure. Along with that change, colleges and departments acquired a role in allocating the support resources for campus-based Extension faculty. OutcomesThe ultimate goal of the Third Mission innovations was to enhance the capacity of OSU Extension Service to address the needs of the people of Oregon. This section of this report addresses outcomes of this type, as well as outcomes on organizational and individual levels. |