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Job Opportunities For Agricultural Economists At Non-Land Grant Colleges: Results Of A Survey

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  • Hyde, Jeffrey
  • Lovejoy, Stephen B.

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This paper provides information about the nonagricultural academic job market to students and administrators in Agricultural Economics departments. Particularly, we report the results of a survey sent to 295 non-Land Grant economics departments which met our criteria of offering only a Bachelor's degree in Economics. Of the 101 returned surveys, 45% indicated that they would consider hiring an Agricultural Economist to fill a faculty position within their department. These schools indicated that they place greater value on teaching-related experiences than research publications in prospective faculty members. We propose the implementation of mentoring programs within Agricultural Economics departments. Such programs would allow students to learn valuable teaching skills from a respected professor with a well-established teaching program.

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  • Hyde, Jeffrey & Lovejoy, Stephen B., 1997. "Job Opportunities For Agricultural Economists At Non-Land Grant Colleges: Results Of A Survey," Staff Papers 28656, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:puaesp:28656
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.28656
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