scholarly journals Morale and Faculty Development in Agricultural Economics

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne D. Purcell
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Development ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Young Professional ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
Building Rapport

AbstractMorale and faculty development are closely related. The agricultural economics profession must decide what it is about. There is room to practice the principle of comparative advantage and allow a degree of specialization in teaching, extension, and research. To continue in the role of an applied discipline, there must also be an opportunity for the young professional to establish rapport with, and understanding of, the private sector and the policy-making arena. If that is to happen, there must be encouragement in the institutional setting and by faculty colleagues who respect the importance of investment in building rapport and in establishing credibility. If that environment is present, morale should be good and faculty development will occur.

scholarly journals “Economic Correctness” and Agricultural Economics

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph D. Christy
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Competitive Markets ◽  
Imperfectly Competitive ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Public Decision

AbstractThis address is directed toward applied economists as they provide information to private and public decision makers. Central to this discussion is the role of markets as institutions in achieving society's desired ends. Current “economic correctness”–the view that unfettered markets are superior in achieving efficiency, growth, and welfare-has attempted to return a larger role to the private sector, but the relative roles of market-oriented versus government-oriented solutions to problems are often not well appraised. Views presented herein calls for agricultural economists to move simultaneously toward an understanding of the strategic behavior of firms in imperfectly competitive markets and toward an adoption of policy analysis consistent with a socially complex and globally integrated economy.

scholarly journals Agricultural Economics and the Changing Structure of Higher Education

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur J. Coutu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
The Status ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Science Departments

This paper is another of many that looks into a hazy future. The overall purpose is to identify some possible departmental strategies for the agricultural economics profession. These strategies follow from a discussion of the status of higher education, a review of findings from the Carnegie Commission reports, and from a study on alternative organizational structures—particularly institutes and centers.Strategies for the next decade relate to a serious set of issues particularly crucial to social science departments within universities. The issues seem related to clarifying the role of agricultural economics, to increased linkage of professional and political decision types, to greater balance of theory and empiricism on complex societal problems, and to increased concern for indirect effects of scientific and technological developments.

The role of the private sector in education in Vietnam

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Glewwe ◽  
Harry Anthony Patrinos
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector
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