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Sammis, Theodore W.; Shukla, Manoj K.; Mexal, John G.; Wang, Junming; Miller, David R. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2013
Universities develop strategic planning documents, and as part of that planning process, logic models are developed for specific programs within the university. This article examines the long-standing pecan program at New Mexico State University and the deficiencies and successes in the evolution of its logic model. The university's agricultural…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Strategic Planning, Agronomy, Financial Support
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Jarvis, Holly D.; Collett, Ryan; Wingenbach, Gary; Heilman, James L.; Fowler, Debra – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2012
Some soil and crop science university programs undergo curricula revision to maintain relevancy with their profession and/or to attract the best students to such programs. The Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University completed a thorough data gathering process as part of its revision of the undergraduate curriculum and…
Descriptors: Science Departments, College Science, Soil Science, Agronomy
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Collins, Christopher S. – Review of Higher Education, 2012
Two land-grant institutions, Michigan State University (MSU) and Texas A&M University (TAMU) used funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to partner with the National University of Rwanda (NUR) to support the agriculture faculty in Rwanda following the 1994 genocide. In addition, the three institutions…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Foreign Countries, Death, Partnerships in Education
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Mitchell, Rob; Allen, Vivien; Waller, John; Ohlenbusch, Paul – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2004
It is becoming increasingly difficult to keep graduate students in forage and range science connected to producers and grazingland resources in the USA. Students must take an integrated systems approach to understanding the complexity of our grazinglands and their role in addressing critical issues. This can best be conveyed to the student by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Systems Approach, Mobile Classrooms, Graduate Students
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Vocational Instructional Services. – 1980
This packet contains six units of informational materials and transparency masters, with accompanying scripts, for teachers to use in a plant science course in vocational agriculture. Designed especially for use in Texas, the first unit introduces the course through the following topics: economic importance of major crops, major areas of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agronomy, Botany