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Student Numbers in Agronomy and Crop Science in the United States: History, Current Status, and Possible Actions

机译:美国农学和作物科学领域的学生人数:历史,当前状况和可能采取的行动

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Enrollment declines in colleges of agriculture and particularly in agronomy majors threaten the viability of these programs. One consequence is a reduction in the availability of educated professionals for the agricultural industry. This paper surveysthe numbers of students receiving Bachelor's degrees in agronomy and crop science nationally and at selected universities since 1984, and makes recommendations to reverse the decline. Total number of degree recipients and their percent of total collegegraduates has decreased from 764 in 1984-85 (0.45% of total Bachelor's degree graduates) to 523 in 2002-03 (0.26% of total). National trends do not reflect wide variances among individual universities with a few institutions maintaining or increasing numbers of degree recipients. An open-ended survey of a group of universities verifies these quantitative trends and emphasizes that local conditions such as state demographics or the existence of distinctive majors affects enrollment. The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln proposes several measures to enhance its enrollments: (1) Strengthen contacts with community college instructors; (2) develop Advanced Placement (AP) courses directed at upper level secondary students; and (3) add a staff member who will specialize in youth activities, including recruiting and development of outreach educational materials.
机译:农业学院,尤其是农学专业的学生入学率下降,威胁到这些计划的可行性。结果之一是减少了农业行业受过教育的专业人员的数量。本文调查了自1984年以来在全国以及部分大学中获得农学和作物科学学士学位的学生人数,并提出了扭转这一趋势的建议。学位获得者的总数及其在大学生中的比例从1984-85年的764人(占学士学位毕业生的0.45%)下降到2002-03年的523人(占总数的0.26%)。国家趋势没有反映出个别大学之间的巨大差异,只有少数机构保持或增加了学位接受者的数量。对一组大学的开放式调查验证了这些定量趋势,并强调指出,诸如州人口统计学或特殊专业的存在等当地条件会影响入学率。内布拉斯加州林肯大学农学与园艺学系提出了几项措施,以增加其入学率:(1)加强与社区大学讲师的联系; (2)针对高中学生开发高级进修(AP)课程; (3)增加一名专门从事青年活动的人员,包括招募和开发外展教育材料。

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