Agricultural marketing courses cover a broad spectrum of topics and issues. Undergraduate committees, program coordinators, and marketing-oriented faculty struggle with the appropriate number and content of marketing course offerings. Curricula issues are discussed from the perspectives of three...

This paper examines the important issues of establishing partnerships between agribusiness education programs and industry representatives including the benefits to firms, faculty and students. Detailed information is presented on how these partnerships are developed and implemented.

Higher education is under pressure from state legislatures and other clients to reduce costs. Two information technologies - increased computing power on the desktop and the World Wide Web - have shifted out the meta production function for instruction in higher education. The theory of induced...

This paper addresses agribusiness industry-institution interfaces, research-education linkages, and improving agribusiness education with opportunities such as agricultural students’ internships with agribusiness companies, conducting applied research, and finding opportunities for...

University faculty have numerous responsibilities, but development of our own and our students’ human capital is our primary job. To effectively develop human capital of others requires investing heavily in our own capital. This includes being actively involved in discovering knowledge....

Criteria for admission to graduate programs are used by departments and graduate schools to identify characteristics assumed to be associated with “successâ€. They allow for more uniformity in student ability and preparation so graduate education is more efficient. This study analyzes...

Classroom-based learning can be enhanced for advanced agricultural economics and agribusiness undergraduate students by engaging them as partners in an applied research project. The approach described combines research, outreach and resident instruction in a single activity that produces and...

This paper examines strategies for integrating decision cases in the design of college courses. The benefits of decision cases are acknowledged but teaching strategies that rely solely on decision cases are challenged. A lack of real-world experience and knowledge among students can limit the...

International internships complement classroom instruction in preparing students for careers in the agribusiness industry. For experiential learning to be an integral part of agribusiness management training, the student, industry and educational institution must each play a role in the design...

The required courses for agribusiness degrees at forty-three school were divided into six categories. Large ranges in the percentage of required credits by category were found. Comparisons with other curricula surveys showed that some changes occurred during the last ten to twelve years....