A 10–year Content Analysis to Assess Research Theme Areas in Agricultural Education: Gap Analysis of Future Research Priorities in the Discipline. (December 2007) Leslie Dawn Jenkins Edgar, B.S., Utah State University; M.S., Utah State University Co–Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Tracy A. Rutherford Dr. Gary E. Briers The field of agricultural education relies on multiple research journals t...

Any strategy for economic diversification requires considerable and continuing local effort. No one group can, or should, undertake the task alone. Perhaps local city and county government can serve as a catalyst or coordinator, but many groups and interests should cooperate. Groups that can make important contributions are Chambers of Commerce, downtown development com.mittees, county and regi...

The creation of The American Phytopathological Society (APS) in 1908 was a response to the developing professionalism in the biological and agricultural sciences in the United States between 1880 and 1920. During this period, a new generation of plant pathologists emerged in the United States Department of Agriculture, agricultural colleges, and state agricultural experiment stations with a met...

Universities are in a period of transition driven by profound changes in society. “Strategic planning” is a common term used on many campuses to describe an ongoing process of program evaluation and refinement. Colleges of agriculture and education, the home of most agricultural education programs, are identifying priorities and clarifying missions. To provide a basis for decision-making and re...

the main purpose of this descriptive – survey study was to investigate the factors affecting the professional skills of faculty members in iranian agricultural colleges. the statistical population of the study consisted of the faculty members of iranian agricultural colleges (n=1837), from whom 380 were determined as sample, applying morgan's sample table. the population size was later inc...