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1 online resource (296 pages) |
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""Agriculture and the Undergraduate""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Overview""; ""RETHINKING THE PURPOSE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE""; ""CONSTRAINTS TO INNOVATION""; ""CHANGES IN CURRICULA""; ""INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA""; ""NEEDS IN EDUCATION""; ""LIBERAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION""; ""NEW CURRICULUM PRINCIPLES""; ""PRECOLLEGE EDUCATION""; ""SCIENTIFIC LITERACY""; ""SYSTEMS""; ""POSITIONING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE""; ""IDEAS FOR CHANGE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction ""; ""References""; ""CHARLES E. HESS"" |
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""Curriculum Issues""""Faculty Development""; ""Graduate Students""; ""Internationalization of Curricula""; ""Environmental Health Issues""; ""Multicultural Diversity""; ""Conclusion""; ""Reference""; ""KARL G. BRANDT""; ""References""; ""Part I Conference Papers""; ""CHAPTER 2 Rethinking Undergraduate Professional Education for the Twenty-First Century: ""; ""THE AGENDA""; ""THE SQUEEZE ON UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION""; ""THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION""; ""THE CHALLENGE TO UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION"" |
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""THE MODEL OF UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION""""What Are We Doing at the University of Minnesota?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Reference""; ""CHAPTER 3 Rethinking Undergraduate Professional Education for the Twenty-First Century: ""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 4 The Challenges for Professional Education in Agriculture: ""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Environmental Curriculum: ""; ""WHAT TO BUILD ON""; ""THE PROBLEM""; ""THE SOLUTION""; ""THE SOBER TASK""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 6 Environment and Ecology: Greening the Curriculum ""; ""Reference"" |
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""CHAPTER 7 The Inherent Value of the College Core Curriculum """"References""; ""CHAPTER 8 General Education and the New Curriculum ""; ""GENERAL AND LIBERAL EDUCATION""; ""WHY GENERAL EDUCATION?""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE-RELATED CURRICULA""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 9 Agriculture: A System, a Science, or a Commodity? ""; ""WHAT IS AGRICULTURE?""; ""ROLES OF COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE""; ""CAN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENTS BE ENHANCED IN COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE?""; ""CHALLENGES FOR GRADUATES OF COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE""; ""Change""; ""Conflict""; ""Communication"" |
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""Cooperation""""Competitiveness""; ""Control""; ""AGRICULTURE: AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 10 Educating a Culturally Diverse Professional Work Force for the Agricultural, Food, and Na ... ""; ""DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EARLY INTERVENTION (PRE-HIGH SCHOOL) PROGRAMS""; ""Special Skills Sessions""; ""Saturday Academy""; ""Motivational Sessions""; ""HIGH SCHOOL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS""; ""Adopt a High School""; ""Minority Research Apprenticeship Program""; ""Summer Scholars Program""; ""Preparatory Summer Internships""; ""Reevaluation of Entrance Requirements"" |
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""High-Profile Recruitment and Marketing Initiatives"" |
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Agriculture -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- Congresses
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Agriculture -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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United States.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309584272 |
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0309584272 |
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