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Distance Education in Agricultural Economics: Perceptions of Department Heads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Kim Jensen ,
Burton English  and
Christopher Clark
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Abstract

Heads of agricultural economics and agribusiness departments across the United States are surveyed to develop an inventory of distance education (DE) offerings by their departments. Perceived challenges, strategies for use, and future plans for DE are assessed. While the majority of the responding departments offer DE, the department heads believed that faculty time costs to develop/deliver DE are high relative to traditional delivery and that both strategic plans for implementing DE and financial incentives for faculty to adopt DE are lacking. The department heads did, however, have positive views about the technological ability of students to use distance courses.

Keywords

distance educationA2—Economics Education and Teaching of Economics
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , August 2007 , pp. 253 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2007

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