USA: Office of International Cooperation and Development, U. S. Department of Agricullture, Washington, D. C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10096
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The document is maintained in files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois > "International" section > "USAID/OICD Teaching" file., This resource is from an International file maintained by the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois. ll pages., Describes the nature of the USDA technical short course program and the training courses offered during 1981 as related to agricultural communication and media strategies.
2 pages., Research summary online via the North American Association for Environmental Education., Author used a three-component data collection frame. Findings suggested that "very little training exists at the college level; almost 80% of schools with communication or journalism programs did not offer any courses described as directly or indirectly about the environment. Nevertheless, almost 80% of surveyed students thought coursework in environmental reporting was somewhat important, important, or very important. Furthermore, of the news article published in campus papers, under 2% covered environmental topics, which the researcher rated as "typically simplistic and local(typically campus) in geographic scale.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22471
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University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 1 page., Includes the release, plus four pages of related information about the SPARK (Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge) program.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26255
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From the Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, via Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. 2 pages., Describes a University of Nebraska class project in which journalism students covered rural and small-town issues in central and western Nebraska.
USA: Office of International Cooperation and Development, U. S. Department of Agricullture, Washington, D. C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10097
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2 pages., This document is maintained in files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois > "International" section > "USAID/OICD Teaching" file., This resource is from an International file maintained by the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Describes the course design model used by the Office of International Cooperation and Development of the USDA in providing technical short courses for professional development of participants from throughout the world. The model applies to agricultural communication among other subject areas.
