School of Education faculty Mari Borr and Brent Young will publish their paper, “Retirement and Attrition Trends of Extension Professionals in North Dakota,” in the Journal of Extension.

The article reports the findings of a survey of North Dakota Extension professionals who were asked to report their intentions regarding retirement and when they plan to leave North Dakota Extension. Borr and Young also collected general demographic data.

“The high level of attrition (74 percent) that could take place during the next 10 years was surprising,” Young said.

Borr and Young expect the article to be published within the next six months.