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Page Contents: Overview | In
Focus | Funding | Partners | Events| Results/Impacts | Resources | Contacts
Education Overview
Education programs support all CSREES
National Emphasis Areas. These programs promote teaching excellence,
enhance academic quality, and develop tomorrow’s scientific
and professional workforce. In cooperation with public institutions,
private sector partners, and the Land-Grant University System,
CSREES provides national leadership to address critical educational
issues.
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In Focus
- CSREES directed the multi-agency effort to develop an Avian Influenza Lesson Plan for high school science students.
- The CSREES
Multicultural Alliances section manages programs and activities
that target historically black land-grant universities,
land-grant tribal colleges, and Alaska native-serving,
native Hawaiian-serving, and Hispanic-serving institutions.
- Annual,
Regional Teaching Improvement Workshops for university
food and agricultural sciences faculty are funded in part
by CSREES Higher Education Programs.
- The 2006 Academic Summit for Colleges of Agricultural, Life, and Related Sciences worked to redesign approaches to postsecondary education in the agricultural sciences.
- Agriculture
in the Classroom (AITC) is a national partnership of state-level
volunteers, coordinated through CSREES Higher Education
Programs, to improve agricultural literacy in U.S. elementary
and secondary schools.
- National
Awards Program for Excellence in College and University
Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences: Guidelines
and nomination procedures for this annual awards program
recognizing outstanding, baccalaureate-level faculty throughout
the country.
- The
Food and Agricultural Education Information System gathers
and compiles demographic information relative to degree
programs.
Funding
Partnerships
Events
- North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) and USDA/SERD Project Directors Conference,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, June 10-13, 2008.
- Galaxy III Conference: "Celebrating the Extension System: Strengths, Diversity, and Unique Qualities," Indianapolis, IN, September 15-19, 2008.
Selected Results
and Impacts
Resources
Contacts
P.S.
Benepal, Director, Multicultural Alliances
Franklin E. Boteler, Acting Deputy Administrator
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Last Updated:
12/04/2008
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