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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Resources in Education
Author: Resources in Education
Author: Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309052955
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Although few Americans work as farmers these days, agriculture on the whole remains economically importantâ€"playing a key role in such contemporary issues as consumer health and nutrition, worker safety and animal welfare, and environmental protection. This publication provides a comprehensive picture of the primary education system for the nation's agriculture industry: the land grant colleges of agriculture. Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities informs the public debate about the challenges that will shape the future of these colleges and serves as a foundation for a second volume, which will present recommendations for policy and institutional changes in the land grant system. This book reviews the legislative history of the land grant system from its establishment in 1862 to the 1994 act conferring land grant status on Native American colleges. It describes trends that have shaped agriculture and agricultural education over the decadesâ€"the shift of labor from farm to factory, reasons for and effects of increased productivity and specialization, the rise of the corporate farm, and more. The committee reviews the system's three-part missionâ€"education, research, and extension serviceâ€"and through this perspective documents the changing nature of funding and examines the unique structure of the U.S. agricultural research and education system. Demographic data on faculties, students, extension staff, commodity and funding clusters, and geographic specializations profile the system and identify similarities and differences among the colleges of agriculture, trends in funding, and a host of other issues. The tables in the appendix provide further itemization about general population distribution, student and educator demographics, types of degree programs, and funding allocations. Concise commentary and informative graphics augment the detailed statistical presentations. This book will be important to policymakers, administrators, educators, researchers, and students of agriculture.
American Doctoral Dissertations
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Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Dictionary of American Library Biography
Author: Donald G. DavisPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313053391
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This second supplement to DALB, the Dictionary of American Library Biography (1978), adds 77 notable, deceased members of the library and archival communities to the 302 entries in the main volume and the 51 entries in the first supplement (1990). The second supplement includes primarily those figures who died between 1987 and the end of the year 2000, though some 13 entries provide sketches for notable persons whose death dates are somewhat earlier and who were not included in earlier works. Among the entries are a number of African Americans, and nearly one-half of the entries are women. Some 80 contributors from the United States and Canada provided sketches, many based on original source material. This supplement follows the practice and format of the earlier volumes, though it allows presidents of the American Library Association to compete for inclusion with other nominations.
National Directory of Corporate Giving
Author: Government Research Directory
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
The College Handbook
Author: College Entrance Examination BoardPublisher:
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1818
Book Description
Presents information on 4-year colleges and universities and 2-year community colleges and technical schools.
The College Handbook, 1997
Author: College BoardPublisher: College Board
ISBN: 9780874475425
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1762
Book Description
Updated annually to guarantee the most up-to-date information posssible, The College Handbook tells students what they need to know about admission policies, application deadlines, required tests, acceptance rates, majors, enrollment, faculty, sports, fees, campus life, and more--and provides names, addresses, and phone and fax numbers for the directors of admissions.
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