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Status of US agribusiness masters programs

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  • Diane I. Hambley

    (Graduate of Santa Clara University Agribusiness M. B. A. program and an Agribusiness Marketing Ph.D. student in the College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska - Lincoln)

  • Raymond A. Marquardt

    (Marketing, Director of the Agribusiness Program and Norden Laboratories Distinguished Professor of Agribusiness, College of Business Administration. University of Nebraska)

Abstract

This descriptive article reports the results a study of masters agribusiness programs in existence as of May 1, 1989. A classification model for masters agribusiness programs is proposed and programs were classified into the model's seven general category structures. The graduate curricula of 95 different US agribusiness masters programs are profiled. Only 22 agribusiness masters programs require graduates to take courses in both the college of Business and the College of Agriculture.

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  • Diane I. Hambley & Raymond A. Marquardt, 1990. "Status of US agribusiness masters programs," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 6(2), pages 153-162.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:agribz:v:6:y:1990:i:2:p:153-162
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(199003)6:2<153::AID-AGR2720060208>3.0.CO;2-P
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