Abstract
Since the early 1960's, educators writing in the Journal of Farm Economics and its successor, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, have recommended three major curricular changes in agricultural economics programs. First, the curricula should be broadened and diversified, that is, offering more choice of electives of a general nature as opposed to more technical required couses [Hess, Kellogg, Sparks, Sledge, Spitze]. Second, more emphasis should be directed in terms of required formal courses in the written and oral communication skills [Kellogg, Koch, Mather, Sledge, Spitze]. Third, in support of broader curricula, an increase in courses in social sciences and humanities should be required [Hess, Koch, Manderscheid, Sparks, Spitze].
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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3. Northeastern Land Grant universities for this article are defined as follows: Connecticut, Cornell, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania State, Rutgers, Vermont and West Virginia.
4. College requirements are defined as the credits required in specific categories by colleges for all departmental or curricular programs.
5. Original journal article was supplemented with data that the author had by percent of total required credits in the general education categories of: communications, humanities, social sciences and basic sciences.
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