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| Hyde, Jeffrey; Lovejoy, Stephen B.. |
| 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... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Academic job market; Agricultural economist; Economics; Teaching; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28656 |
