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Titolo: | Colleges of agriculture at the land grant universities : public service and public policy / / Committee on the Future of the Colleges of Agriculture in the Land Grant University System, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (138 p.) |
Disciplina: | 630/.71/173 |
Soggetto topico: | Agricultural colleges - United States |
Agricultural education - United States | |
State universities and colleges - United States | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- THE COLLEGES' CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT -- MAJOR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Relevance and Accessibility of the LGCA System -- A New Geography for the LGCA System -- Reinvigorating the Tripartite Mission -- Federal Funding: Levels and Guiding Principles -- Federal Policy versus Institutional Leadership -- SUMMARY -- 1 Introduction -- UNIQUENESS OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE SYSTEM -- THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF THE LGCA SYSTEM AND THE NEW NATIONAL INTEREST -- KEY ISSUES FOR THE FEDERAL SECTOR -- Methodology Used to Develop This Study -- Organization of the Remainder of This Report -- 2 A Land Grant System For Tomorrow: Overarching Themes and Recommendations -- AN EXPANDED AND INCLUSIVE VIEW OF THE MODERN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM -- Characteristics of the Food and Agricultural System -- Consumer Driven -- Ecosystem Accountability -- Global Markets -- Biotechnology's Role -- Economic Inequities -- The Farm": A Changing Perspective -- Implications for the Future -- Involving the Stakeholders -- Working with producers -- Understanding the Growing Role of Privatization and Developing the Knowledge Base -- A NEW GEOGRAPHY AND NEW PARTNERSHIPS -- The Case for a New Geography Has Several Foundations and Dimensions -- Regional Research -- Coordination Could Create Synergism in Teaching -- A Market-Based Agricultural Extension System -- Multifaceted Issues Require New Partnerships -- RENEWING THE TRIPARTITE MISSION: INTEGRATING TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND EXTENSION -- Linking Teaching to Research and Extension -- Research-Extension Linkages -- ACCOUNTABILITY AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS -- Performance Goals and Standards -- Principles for the Use of Public Funds -- 3 Teaching. |
THE NATIONAL INTEREST IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM EDUCATION -- THE FEDERAL ROLE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS -- Students -- Accessibility and Relevance to Precollege Students -- Accessibility and Relevance to a Diverse Set of Students -- Faculty -- Faculty-Student Contact and Teaching Incentives -- Academic Programs -- Problem-Solving Orientation -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISTINCTION -- Environmental Science and Systems Approaches: Programs Built on a "Sense of Place -- Service to the University -- A Marketplace for Ideas -- SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Research -- THE NATIONAL INTEREST -- Ensuring a Sustainable High- Quality, Productive System -- The Federal Role -- STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CURRENT LAND GRANT RESEARCH SYSTEM -- Federal Research Funds and Allocation Mechanisms -- Encouraging Participation and the Potential for Success -- Revising the Formula -- The Status of the 1890 Institutions -- Public-Private Partnerships in Research Funding at LGCAs -- Alternative Mechanisms for Allocating Competitive Grants -- Preproposals -- Chunk Grants -- Percentage Funding -- Performance-Based Funding -- Summary -- Funding Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5 Extension -- THE NATIONAL INTEREST IN PUBLIC ACCESS TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH -- THE FEDERAL ROLE -- Important Roles for the Federal Partner -- Who Is the Federal Partner? -- EXTENSION'S ROLE IN THE MODERN CONTEXT -- Challenges and Opportunities for the Future -- Private versus Public Roles in Agricultural Extension -- Complementarily between Public and Private Extension Providers -- Roles for which Extension Is Most Qualified -- Serving Urban, Suburban, and Nonfarm Rural Clientele -- Federal Mandates -- Program Evolution -- The Research Link -- Rural Economics -- Conclusions. | |
Financing Public Extension -- ALLOCATION FEDERAL EXTENSION FUNDS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- References -- About The Authors -- ABOUT THE STAFF -- Index -- Recent Publications of the Board on Agriculture -- POLICY AND RESOURCES -- NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS SERIES AND RELATED TITLES. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Colleges of agriculture at the land grant universities |
ISBN: | 0-309-17579-8 |
1-280-21073-7 | |
9786610210732 | |
0-309-58893-6 | |
0-585-00191-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811521903321 |
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