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Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities : Public Service and Public Policy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""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""