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Awareness And Acceptance Of Biotechnology Issues Among Youth, Undergraduates, And Adults, Susan Fritz, Dann E. Husmann, Gary Wingenbach, Tracy Rutherford, Valerie Egger, Preeti Wadhwa

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

To be successful both domestically and internationally, biotechnology must establish an acceptable position in the sociopolitical framework. This United States (US) study assessed levels of awareness and acceptance of biotechnology issues among youth (n = 283), undergraduate students (n = 330), and adults (n = 166). The percentage of adults who were aware of how biotechnology would affect food, health, and the environment was almost three times that of youth respondents. It was concluded that consumer groups would most likely be impacted by accurate, unbiased agricultural biotechnology information delivered through the Internet and newspapers that originates from reliable, accessible, and …

November 2003 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

October 2003 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Urban And Rural 4-H Adult Volunteer Leaders' Preferred Forms Of Recognition And Motivation, Susan Fritz, Deanna Karmazin, John E. Barbuto Jr., Shawn Burrow

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

In order to serve rural and urban 4-H members, 4-H relies heavily on adult volunteer leaders. Dramatic rural-to-urban shifts in Nebraska's population base have resulted in 4-H becoming more heavily reliant on urban adult 4-H volunteer leaders than ever before. Assumptions about volunteer motivation, recognition, and perception of program quality should be challenged to determine if the old assumptions based on a past experience with predominately rural volunteers fit the new mix of 4-H volunteer leaders in Nebraska. The study reported here compared the motives of urban and rural 4-H volunteers and identified differences in recognition strategies by:

1. Classifying …

April 2003 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Agroecosystems Analysis From The Grass Roots: A Multidimensional Experiential Learning Course, Mary Wiedenhoeft, Steve Simmons, Ricardo Salvador, Gina Mcandrews, Charles A. Francis, James W. King, David Hole

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

An intensive, experiential travel course in Agroecosystems Analysis was conducted in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska (United States) during summers of 1998 and 1999. The intended student audience was advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Pretravel readings and a week-long series of farm visits, which consisted of in-depth interviews with the farmers and their families, prepared student teams to analyze and evaluate the production, economic, environmental, and social sustainability of 10 farms. Students shared their analyses both orally and in written reports. Based on a multifaceted student evaluation process, we found that participants were highly motivated, strongly engaged with the course …

March 2003 - Advisory Council Meeting

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Report From The External Review Team

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

13 slides (from PowerPoint):
Strengths
Areas of Concern
Immediate and Long-term Opportunities
Threats
Overall Recommendations
Establish/strengthen formal partnerships.
Implement strategic planning.
Build the AgLEC research enterprise.
Establish AgLEC as a vital and valuable unit in IANR.
More fully capture the enrollment growth potential across campus.
Build strong Extension programs.
Capture potential of Ag Journalism program.

March 2003 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

February 2003 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Self-Study Report Of The Department Of Agricultural Leadership, Education And Communication

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication (AgLEC) is a department in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The department was established as a result of a 1992 merger between the departments of Agricultural Education and Agricultural Communication. The mission of the department is to foster human capacity in leadership, education and communication through innovative teaching, research, and outreach. The AgLEC faculty reports to a department head, and are accountable to the respective deans of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR), the Agricultural Research Division (ARD), and the Cooperative Extension Division (CED), depending …

Aglec Graduate Academic Program

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

From a PowerPoint Presentation (27 slides)

Recent Significant Events
Student Credit Hours (Fall Only)
800 Level Student Credit Hours (Fall Only) 1996-2004
900 Level Student Credit Hours (Fall Only) 1996-2004
Graduate Student Credit Hours (Fall Only) 1996-2004
Total Graduate Student Credit Hours (Fall Only)
Master’s Degree Changes
Class Registration/Credit Hours (Fall Semesters) 1998-2004
Current MS, PhD Advisees
Master Degrees Awarded
Doctoral Degrees Awarded
Areas Of Graduate Excellence
Areas Requiring Improvement
Teaching-Learning Task Force

Aglec Departmental Overview And Review Goals And Objectives

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

PowerpPoint presentation (13 slides)

Vision
Mission
Realized through ...
Departmental Organization
Departmental Goals
AgLEC Faculty FTE 1996-1997 vs. 2001-2002
Current and Future Issues

Teaching-Learning Task Force

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

Organized late summer, 2002

What’s happened so far?

Philosophy of Teaching Statement

Paragraph that summarizes (a) student characteristics, (b) educational focus for department, and (c) jobs for which preparing students

Designing new Teaching and Extension Education Specialization Researching on-line instruction guides todevelop an on-line instruction philosophy

Identified a potential research focus area for improving higher education: – Learning communities

AgLEC Graduate Education and Research Committee approved a process to grant CEUs (Continuing Education Units) with the potential for earning graduate credit

January 2003 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.