Editing Alabama A&M University (section)

===Alabama Cooperative Extension System===
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established The [[Alabama Cooperative Extension System]]. The system provides educational outreach to the citizens of [[Alabama]] on behalf of the state's two [[land grant university|land grant]] universities: Alabama A&M University and [[Auburn University]].<ref name="2004 Highlights">[http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/E/EX-0036-G/EX-0036-G.pdf "2004 Highlights," Alabama Cooperative Extension System.]</ref> The system employs more than 800 faculty, professional educators, and staff members operating in offices in each of Alabama's 67 counties and in nine urban centers covering the major regions of the state.<ref name="2003 Annual Report">[http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/E/EX-0036-F/EX-0036-F.pdf "2003 Annual Report," Alabama Cooperative Extension System]</ref><ref name="Urban Centers">{{cite web|url=https://www.aces.edu/search/Centers.html/|title=You searched for Centers.html|website=Alabama Cooperative Extension System}}</ref> In conjunction with the Alabama [[Agricultural Experiment Station]], the system also staffs six extension and research centers located in the state's principal geographic regions.<ref name="2003 Annual Report"/> Since 2004, "Alabama Extension" has functioned primarily as a regionally based system in which the bulk of educational programming is delivered by agents operating across a multi-county area and specializing in specific fields. County extension coordinators and county agents work with regional agents and other extension personnel to deliver services to clients within their areas.<ref name="2003 Annual Report"/>