Colleges of agriculture at the land grant universities : a profile / / 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, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 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. 133-134) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AT THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Contents -- COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AT THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES -- 1 HISTORY AND OVERVIEW OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGE SYSTEM -- WHAT ARE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE? -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 2 U.S. AGRICULTURE YESTERDAY AND TODAY: The Colleges' Changed Environment -- THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF U.S. AGRICULTURE -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 3 THE COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE: Academic Programs and Demographics of Students and Graduates -- ENROLLMENT: LAND GRANT VERSUS NON-LAND GRANT -- A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENTISTS -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 4 RESEARCH AT LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE: The State Arm of the U.S. Public Agricultural Research System -- COLLEGE EXPENDITURES FOR RESEARCH -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 5 THE EVOLUTION OF EXTENSION AT THE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 6 THE SHIFTING BASE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LAND GRANT COLLEGE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 7 PROFILES OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE: Comparisons of Structure, Focus, and Funding -- PROFILES-PART A THE COLLEGES' CHANGING NAMES -- PROFILES-PART B SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN RESEARCH EMPHASIS -- COLLEGES CLUSTERED ACCORDING TO COMMODITY RESEARCH -- PROFILES-PART C COMPARISONS OF RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS -- COLLEGES CLUSTERED ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- APPENDIX -- References -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ABOUT THE STAFF -- Index -- RECENT PUBLICATION OF THE BOARD ON AGRICULTURE.
• Titolo autorizzato: Colleges of agriculture at the land grant universities
• ISBN: 0-309-17617-4; 1-280-21074-5; 9786610210749; 0-309-53830-0; 0-585-02450-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812207303321
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