Agricultural Economics Students at Southern Land Grant Universities

Advancing water resource management in agricultural, rural, and urbanizing watersheds: Why land-grant universities matter

Arthur J. Gold is a professor in the Department of Natural Resources Science at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. Doug Parker is the director of the California Institute for Water Resources at the University of California, Oakland, California. Reagan M. Waskom is the director of the Colorado Water Institute/ Water Center at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado...

Teaching animal welfare in the land grant universities.

Colleges and universities have an obligation to teach the basis of animal husbandry and welfare and must prepare students so that they can respond effectively to challenges by proponents of the animal welfare and animal rights movements. Veterinary curricula must now contain formal instruction in professional ethics and humane stewardship of animals for accreditation by the American Veterinary ...

The Role of Land Grant Universities: Responsible Innovation

public research universities. Unlike those others, however, the land grant universities also have responsibilities assigned to them by congressional legislation. Beginning with the Morrill Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, federally enacted legislation has specified several roles and responsibilities for land grant universities. When asking what these universities should be doin...

Spillovers from Universities: Evidence from the Land-Grant Program

Examining Students' Perceptions of Their First-semester Experience at a Major Land-grant Institution

This study examined the perceptions of freshmen students regarding their first-semester experiences at a major land-grant institution. A questionnaire was developed based on a review of the literature related to factors that influence students' success. Factors that influence students' success included time management/goal setting, academic advising, stress, and institutional fit/integration. T...