Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- THE COLLEGES' CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT -- MAJOR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Relevance and Accessibility of the LGCA System -- A New Geography for the LGCA System -- Reinvigorating the Tripartite Mission -- Federal Funding: Levels and Guiding Principles -- Federal Policy versus Institutional Leadership -- SUMMARY -- 1 Introduction -- UNIQUENESS OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE SYSTEM -- THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF THE LGCA SYSTEM AND THE NEW NATIONAL INTEREST -- KEY ISSUES FOR THE FEDERAL SECTOR -- Methodology Used to Develop This Study -- Organization of the Remainder of This Report -- 2 A Land Grant System For Tomorrow: Overarching Themes and Recommendations -- AN EXPANDED AND INCLUSIVE VIEW OF THE MODERN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM -- Characteristics of the Food and Agricultural System -- Consumer Driven -- Ecosystem Accountability -- Global Markets -- Biotechnology's Role -- Economic Inequities -- "The Farm": A Changing Perspective -- Implications for the Future -- Involving the Stakeholders -- Working with producers -- Understanding the Growing Role of Privatization and Developing the Knowledge Base -- A NEW GEOGRAPHY AND NEW PARTNERSHIPS -- The Case for a New Geography Has Several Foundations and Dimensions -- Regional Research -- Coordination Could Create Synergism in Teaching -- A Market-Based Agricultural Extension System -- Multifaceted Issues Require New Partnerships -- RENEWING THE TRIPARTITE MISSION: INTEGRATING TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND EXTENSION -- Linking Teaching to Research and Extension -- Research-Extension Linkages -- ACCOUNTABILITY AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS -- Performance Goals and Standards -- Principles for the Use of Public Funds -- 3 Teaching.

THE NATIONAL INTEREST IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM EDUCATION -- THE FEDERAL ROLE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS -- Students -- Accessibility and Relevance to Precollege Students -- Accessibility and Relevance to a Diverse Set of Students -- Faculty -- Faculty-Student Contact and Teaching Incentives -- Academic Programs -- Problem-Solving Orientation -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISTINCTION -- Environmental Science and Systems Approaches: Programs Built on a "Sense of Place" -- Service to the University -- A Marketplace for Ideas -- SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Research -- THE NATIONAL INTEREST -- Ensuring a Sustainable High- Quality, Productive System -- The Federal Role -- STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CURRENT LAND GRANT RESEARCH SYSTEM -- Federal Research Funds and Allocation Mechanisms -- Encouraging Participation and the Potential for Success -- Revising the Formula -- The Status of the 1890 Institutions -- Public-Private Partnerships in Research Funding at LGCAs -- Alternative Mechanisms for Allocating Competitive Grants -- Preproposals -- Chunk Grants -- Percentage Funding -- Performance-Based Funding -- Summary -- Funding Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5 Extension -- THE NATIONAL INTEREST IN PUBLIC ACCESS TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH -- THE FEDERAL ROLE -- Important Roles for the Federal Partner -- Who Is the Federal Partner? -- EXTENSION'S ROLE IN THE MODERN CONTEXT -- Challenges and Opportunities for the Future -- Private versus Public Roles in Agricultural Extension -- Complementarily between Public and Private Extension Providers -- Roles for which Extension Is Most Qualified -- Serving Urban, Suburban, and Nonfarm Rural Clientele -- Federal Mandates -- Program Evolution -- The Research Link -- Rural Economics -- Conclusions.

Financing Public Extension -- ALLOCATION FEDERAL EXTENSION FUNDS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- References -- About The Authors -- ABOUT THE STAFF -- Index -- Recent Publications of the Board on Agriculture -- POLICY AND RESOURCES -- NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS SERIES AND RELATED TITLES.