Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities A Profile (1995) / Chapter Skim
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7 Profiles of the Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture
7 Profiles of the Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture
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At a some institutions, home economics departments are now separate colleges with names such as "College of Applied Human Sciences" at Colorado State U., "College of Human Resources" at the University of Delaware, and "College of Human Ecology" at Kansas State U 1~1 After "college of agriculture" or "college of agricultural sciences," the most common name is "college of agriculture and life sciences," reflecting an increased orientation toward the basic sciences.
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In a 1993 survey of resident-instruction faculty in land grant colleges of agriculture, natural resources, and forestry, it was estimated that · about 47 percent of faculty taught general agriculture, animal sciences, plant science, soil sciences, or agricultural engineering/mechanization; · less than 19 percenttaught agricultural business and management (including agricultural economics) and education, communication, and social sciences; 17 percent taught natural resources and forest sciences; · 11 percent taught related biological or physical sciences; and slightly more than 5 percent taught food science and human nutrition (Table 7-2~.
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ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES AND DEPARTMENTAL CONFIGURATION AT FIVE SELECTED 1862 "COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE" University of California The university's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources is the university system's administrative umbrella for the agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension, and the College of Natural Resources at Berkeley; the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the School of Veterinary Medicine at Davis; and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at Riverside. ~ The division is directed by a university vice president who also directs the experiment station and cooperative extension.
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There are three associate deans who serve as, respectively, the director of the experiment station, the director of cooperative extension, and the director of academic programs. Departments include agricultural economics and business; agronomy and horticulture; animal and range sciences; entomology, plant pathology, and weed science; experimental statistics; fishery and wildlife sciences; and home economics.
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Number of College and Professional Staff Holding Doctorate Degrees, by Appointment Type, 1993-1994 Research/ ~Research Research/ Research/ Extension Teaching/ University Only Teaching Extension Only Extension UC Davis* 13 458 31 33 2 UCONNt 38 42 3 4 34 UMO 4 192 18 16 39 NMSU 10 79 5 14 8 NCSUt 90 345 57 21 77 NOTE: Drawn from 1993-94 Directory of Professional Workers in State Agricultural Experiment Stations and Other Cooperating State Institutions, these numbers should be taken only as very rough estimates of number and distribution of Ph.D.
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At Kentucky's college of agriculture · 200-plus nonadministrative professional staff (with teaching, research, or extension appointments) are in departments of agronomy, animal science, agricultural engineering, entomology, horticulture, and plant pathology; 17 are in forestry; 30 are in the college of human environmental sciences; 49 are in agricultural economics and sociology; and · 42 in veterinary sciences (U.S.
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2,241295 Research4,6931,821 Agricultural experiment station3,9131,573 Other research780248 Subtota 19,4712,729 Forestry Resident instruction22861 Cooperative extension (campus based) 1224 Resea rch538388 Agricultural experiment station334242 Other research204146 Subtotal888452 Total10,3593,181 SOURCE: Data are from USDA Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS)
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. These RPGs include natural resources; forest resources; crops; animals; people, communities, and institutions; competition, trade, and policy; general resource or technology; and food science and human nutrition.
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Among the 1 862s there are some differences that make good geographic sense, but the few states that have allocations significantly different than the average are exceptions. Alaska's experiment station, for example, invests more in natural resources research than in animal research; Connecticut invests more in food science and human nutrition than in crops; and Vermont invests more in food and nutrition than in animals.
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These two areas of research accounted for more than 50 percent of all forest resources research in 1992 (Figure 7-2; see also Appendix Table 5~.
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of commodity research expenditures allocated to specific crops and animals research by 1862 institutions in 1992 indicates that vegetables account for a large share. Dairy and beef cattle combined, however, account for more than 20 percent.
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~ Using a statistical procedure called cluster analysis (analysis of groups having similar patterns or profiles) , the SAESs can be arranged into 9 research clusters.
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As a point of contrast, the five states leading dairy research account for less than 30 percent of dairy research, while the five states leading in milk production account for more than 50 percent of milk production (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1992~.
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4 5 6 4 7 3 9 4 15 · In Table 7-6, the five SAESs listed as the leading researchers for each commodity represent states that are either primary producers of the commodity or for which the commodity is an important agricultural product. It is perhaps not surprising that several large colleges appear often among the five leading SAESs listed for each commodity.
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For example, the amount of formula funds received by Texas A&M U is only 3 times greater than the amount received by the University of Massachusetts, however, "other federal funds" are 26 times greater, state appropriations are 15 times greater, and private funds are 4 times greater.
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CO LLE G E S E Cluster analysis can also be used to group SAESs according to their funding profile. CLUSTERED Funding profiles derived here are based on an institution's portfolio of nonstate ACCORDING funding sources formula funds, USDA competitive grants, special grants, other TO RESEARCH federal grants, and privatefunds end the percentageoftotal nonstatefunding each FUI\IDINIG source represents in just a single year 1992.
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of Total Federal and Private Research Funding to 1862 State Agricultural Experiment Funding Clusters Percent Provided by Funding Mechanisms USDA Other Formula Competitive Special Federal Private Cluster No. Fundinga Grantsa Grantsa Grants Funds Total 1 17 7 6 36 35 101 2 26 6 10 15 43 100 3 44 2 27 15 11 99 4 66 11 6 7 11 101 5 77 1 2 9 11 100 NOTE: Totals may not equal 100 because of rounding.
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Note that 13 of the 17 colleges in cluster 1 in Table 7-7 the cluster least reliant on USDAformula funding and most diversified toward a combination of other federal funds and USDA competitive grants are found at land grant universities that receive large percentages of federal research and development funding.
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· Most colleges direct a majority of their research expenditures to plant and animal systems research, but the specific crops and animals of most interest vary regionally. Often, several colleges in the same geographic region share similar commodity research profiles.
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