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RACIAL-ETHNIC
CLASSIFICATION
American
Indian or Alaskan Native:
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North
America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribal
identification or community recognition.
Asian
or Pacific Islander:
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East,
Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, Japan, Korea, the
Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
Black,
not of Hispanic Origin:
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
White,
not of Hispanic Origin:
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North
Africa, or the Middle East.
Hispanic:
A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Racially
Ethnically Mixed Communities:
An area or community in which more than one of the racial-ethnic groups
make up the population of potential program participants.
Racially
Ethnically Integrated Group:
A group composed of members of more than one of the racial-ethnic
groups listed above.
DEFINITIONS
4-H:
The Extension youth development education program of the Cooperative
Extension Service.
Participants
in 4-H: 4-H youth development
education programs are created and conducted by the Cooperative Extension
System and its partners principally for specific developmental levels of youth
within the span of the grades K-12. "Special"
4-H programs are offered to mentally challenged individuals of any age.
In addition, Collegiate 4-H organizations provide volunteer service,
social and educational opportunities for young adults in college.
Adults participating in 4-H educational programs may do so as
volunteers and/or to learn about working with youth as parents, as volunteers,
or as professionals. The 4-H name
and emblem can appropriately be used with this full range of youth and adult
participants.
Enrolled
Youth:
Any youth who is recorded by Extension as participating in one of the
recognized delivery modes - a 4-H Youth Participant or 4-H Member.
Individual
Enrollment:
Enrolled with detailed individual demographic data which includes name
and address. Required of 4-H Members and 4-H Direct Volunteers. Encouraged but not required for other participants and
volunteers.
Group
Enrollment: Aggregated demographic
and subject data regarding a CES Youth Development Education Unit or adult
training experience. The experience may or may not have 4-H in its title.
Group enrollment is used for experiences of limited duration, or when
detailed data on participants is not available.
4-H
Youth Participant:
Any youth taking part in programs provided as a result of action by
Extension personnel (professional, paraprofessional, and volunteer). This includes youth participating in programs conducted
through 1862, 1890 and 1994 land-grant universities, EFNEP, urban gardening, and
other programs which may not actually use the 4-H name and emblem with
participants.
4-H
Member:
Any youth who has completed individual enrollment in an organized ongoing
local 4-H Unit, and is aware of their involvement in 4-H.
Includes, but is not necessarily limited to 4-H Club Members.
4-H
Unit:
An identifiable group of youth sanctioned by Extension organized to have
similar learning experiences. e.g.: club, classroom of students, a camp session.
4-H
Adult Participant:
Any adult who works for the benefit of youth who is recorded by Extension
as a participant in a 4-H sponsored adult learning experience.
May include parents, volunteers and professionals of agencies and groups
beyond 4-H.
4-H
Volunteer:
Any adult or youth recognized by Extension as giving service to the 4-H
program without salary or wages from Extension.
Direct
Volunteer: Unpaid support for the
4-H program through face to face contact with youth, by a youth or adult. e.g.:
project leader, club leader, camp counselor, teacher.
Indirect
Volunteer: Unpaid support for the
4-H program by a youth or adult which does not include face-to-face contact with
youth. e.g.: boards, committees.
Middle
Manager:
Unpaid service to or leadership of other volunteers by a youth or adult.
Youth
Volunteer:
Unpaid support for the 4-H program by a person who has not yet graduated
from High School. (A youth volunteer is likely to also be a youth participant).
Adult
Volunteer:
Unpaid support for the 4-H program by an individual beyond High school
age.
Coalition:
Two or more agencies, or institutions, from the public or private sector,
which jointly develop and implement a program for the benefit of youth.
Curriculum:
Planned sequential learning experiences integrating subject matter and
life skills, supported by written, audio, video, or computer instructional
guidance.
Initiative:
A focused educational effort arising from the ongoing programs of the
Extension system which for a limited time addresses a societal issue of wide
public concern.
4-H
Alumni:
Someone whose life was touched as a participant or volunteer in 4-H.
1862,1890
& 1994 Land Grant Universities:
1862 LGU's consist of one university per state, which were authorized and
funded that year by Congress under the Morrell Act.
In 1890, Congress added 17 historically-black universities in southern
states to the system. Since then,
Tuskegee University, U. of the District of Columbia, and territorial
universities have been added to the land grant university system.
In
1994, twenty-six Native American tribal colleges were given land-grant
university status.