COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AT THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Contents -- COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AT THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES -- 1 HISTORY AND OVERVIEW OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGE SYSTEM -- WHAT ARE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE? -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 2 U.S. AGRICULTURE YESTERDAY AND TODAY: The Colleges' Changed Environment -- THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF U.S. AGRICULTURE -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 3 THE COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE: Academic Programs and Demographics of Students and Graduates -- ENROLLMENT: LAND GRANT VERSUS NON-LAND GRANT -- A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENTISTS -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 4 RESEARCH AT LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE: The State Arm of the U.S. Public Agricultural Research System -- COLLEGE EXPENDITURES FOR RESEARCH -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 5 THE EVOLUTION OF EXTENSION AT THE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 6 THE SHIFTING BASE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LAND GRANT COLLEGE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 7 PROFILES OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE: Comparisons of Structure, Focus, and Funding -- PROFILES-PART A THE COLLEGES' CHANGING NAMES -- PROFILES-PART B SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN RESEARCH EMPHASIS -- COLLEGES CLUSTERED ACCORDING TO COMMODITY RESEARCH -- PROFILES-PART C COMPARISONS OF RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS -- COLLEGES CLUSTERED ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS -- ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION -- APPENDIX -- References -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ABOUT THE STAFF -- Index -- RECENT PUBLICATION OF THE BOARD ON AGRICULTURE.