Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 History and Overview of the Land Grant College System; 3 2 U.S. Agriculture Yesterday and Today: The Colleges' Changed Environment; 4 3 The Colleges of Agriculture: Academic Programs and Demographics of Students and Graduates; 5 4 Research at Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture: The State Arm of the U.S. Public Agricultural Research System; 6 5 The Evolution of Extension at the Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture; 7 6 The Shifting Base of Financial Support for Land Grant College Research and Extension; 8 7 Profiles of the Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture; 9 Appendix; 10 References; 11 About the Authors; 12 Index

About the Author

Committee on the Future of the Colleges of Agriculture in the Land Grant System, National Research Council