extension conducts others 

 (McGregor et al. and Kessler. 

 personal communications). At still 

 others, such as North Carolina 

 State and VPI and SU. there has 

 been a formal standing committee 

 of the academic unit with an 

 extension chairman that jointly 

 plans and executes programs 

 (McElwhee, and Levi and Huxster, 

 personal communications). 



The University of Georgia Center 

 for Continuing Education has been 

 an outstanding example of a 

 permanent, full-time program. It 

 was established on the university 

 campus in 1957 by the State with a 

 major grant from the W. K. 

 Kellogg Foundation. In 1969. 

 Leonard Hampton (current director 

 of the center) joined the staff. 

 Hampton was a former extension 

 forestry specialist from North 

 Carolina, with advanced degrees in 

 adult education. Finding little 

 systematic and coordinated 

 planning for forestry, he organized 

 an advisory committee that has 

 evolved into the current 

 19-member Council on Continuing 

 Education for Foresters. It meets 

 every 6 to 8 weeks to assess needs 

 identified through telephone and 

 mail surveys of the 5,000 foresters 

 on a mailing list, and to assist in 

 developing programs to meet the 

 identified needs. 



A total of 800 to 1 ,000 foresters 

 from seven Southern States have 

 been trained annually through 

 short courses and institutes. Forest 



industry professionals have been 

 the largest clientele category, with 

 consulting foresters second 

 (Hampton, personal 

 communication). 



A second permanent organization 

 for continuing education in the 

 South was the Forestry and 

 Harvesting Training Center. It was 

 established in 1973 initially as a 

 joint endeavor of Louisiana State 

 University, Mississippi State 

 University, and the American 

 Pulpwood Association. Later they 

 were joined by Texas A. & M. and 

 Clemson. Until recently the center 

 was self-supporting through fixed 

 contributions (by 19 forest-industry 

 companies in its peak year) and 

 tuition charges. It was located in 

 various facilities in Mississippi. 



Initially the center emphasized 

 4 1/2-day workshops on harvesting 

 and wood procurement. 

 Attendance was limited to 50 

 forest-industry personnel. The 

 workshops were offered through 

 Louisiana State's General 

 Extension Division. Later the 

 focus was expanded to include 

 other aspects of forest 

 management. Some 90 training 

 workshops and seminars have been 

 held, with a total attendance of 

 2,700 since the program started. 



Because of declining industry 

 support due to the 1980's building 

 recession and the expansion in 

 continuing education programs 

 elsewhere, the American Pulpwood 



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