SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: OLD SERA39 : Public Policy Issues Education
- Period Covered: 10/01/2012 to 09/01/2013
- Date of Report: 04/15/2013
- Annual Meeting Dates: 02/03/2013 to 02/03/2013
Participants
Steven Klose, Texas A&M University; Amanda Smith, University of Georgia; Tonya Borisova, University of Florida; Jody Campiche, Oklahoma State University; Vivian Carro, University of Puerto Rico; Bradley Lubben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; James Novak, Auburn University; Lesley Oliver, University of Kentucky; Larry Sanders, Oklahoma State University
The annual meeting of SERA 39 was held on February 3, 2013 at the Wyndham Orlando Resort Hotel in Orlando Florida. Reports from committee leaders and advisors were made following attendee introductions. Old and new business, including election of new leadership, was discussed before presentations covering issues related to the unique federal budget situation faced in 2013. Discussion of upcoming plans for Farm Bill education focused on a collaboration between SERA 39, Extension Risk Management Education program, and the Farm Foundation to conduct a national train-the-trainer conference related to Farm Bill education. Complete minutes are included in the attachment.
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Accomplishments
A workshop entitled Public Policy Education was conducted on August 11, 2012 in conjunction with the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 2012 annual meeting and co-sponsored by SERA 39. This workshop explored the process for objectively addressing public policy issues utilizing the time-tested options and consequences approach. The policy education process was explained and applied to examples of key policy issues that policy educators, teachers of policy courses, and policy researchers might be expected to address. Approximately 30 people attended the workshop. The workshop description and agenda are included in the attachments.
Plans for Farm Bill education programs to be conducted later this year in collaboration with the Extension Risk Management Education program and Farm Foundation are detailed in the meeting minutes.
Impacts
- In the absence of the National Public Policy Education Committee (NPPEC), there is an increasing number of people responsible for public policy education without the benefit of historical lessons learned in the policy education process. As a result, there is more advocacy and less use of the options and consequences approach. Participants learned how public policy education can be used to address a variety of issues and were provided with tools and strategies that can be adapted for educating audiences about policy issues without advocating a particular policy decision over another.
Publications
Novak, J., L. Sanders and J. Pease. 2013 Budget Issues and Farm Bill Education. Presented at the Public Policy Issues Education Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, February 3, 2013.
Sanders, L., J. Novak and J. Pease. Doomsday and Catastrophe Economics: Crafting Policy for Cliff-Hangers . Presented at the Public Policy Issues Education Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, February 3, 2013.