Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities: Public Service and Public Policy

by National Research Council, Board on Agriculture, Committee on the Future of the Colleges of Agriculture in the Land Grant University System

Since their inception in 1862, the U.S. land grant colleges have evolved to become the training ground for the nation's and the world's agriculturists. In this book, the committee examines the future of the colleges of agriculture in light of changing national priorities for the agricultural, food, and natural resource system. The effects of federal funding constraints also are examined, as are opportunities for growth presented by developments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309054338
• ISBN13: 9780309054331
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"