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The Open Science and It's Implications for the Future of Cooperative Extension

Extension educators and professionals intuitively understand that we will be called upon to build new models to compete and survive in this new communication and economic order. The question remains: How? What should these models be and how should they function? Part of the answer may lie with open science, which portends the greatest change to scientific inquiry and research since Roger Bacon first began articulating a vision for systematic empirical investigation in the 13th century. A panel composed of several Extension employees with unique professional perspectives will discuss this emerging trend and both its promise and peril for the future of Cooperative Extension.

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The Extension Foundation was formed in 2006 by Extension Directors and Administrators. Today, the Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services, and helping Extension programs scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members. In 2020 and 2021, the Extension Foundation has awarded 85% of its direct funding back to the Cooperative Extension System, 100% of funds are used to support Cooperative Extension initiatives. 

This technology is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of useat extension.org/terms.

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