Abstract:
In recent years many departments of agricultural economics have shown an interest in revising their curricula to include specializations in the areas of agribusiness management. This evolution has received considerable attention and debate among professionals in the area. Past research has focused on the academic preparation that employers desire in graduates entering the work force in agricultural economics and agribusiness. This study examines the attitudes of faculty and chairs of agricultural economics departments as well as those of deans of the colleges of agriculture. Seven of the attitudes addressed program focus and nine addressed curricula issues. The distribution of responses among the three groups were similar. In general, where differences did occur, the deans differed from either the faculty or chairs. The high degree of variability among most of the responses indicates that there will be considerable debate as agricultural economics departments revisit their curricula.
Keywords:
agricultural economics curricula, administration
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