"93% of graduate students in this sample were unable to demonstrate complete proficiency in writing." 41% showed "adequate writing ability." 60% "inadequate."
Posted at: http://www.communicationforsocialchange.org/photogallery.php?id=272, Communication for Social Change Consortium, South Orange, New Jersey. 3 pages., Features the efforts of Nora Quebral in pioneering academic endeavors in development communication at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos. Also examines varied definitions of development communication.
Describes how AdFarm, an agricultural marketing and communications firm, invests in two company-sponsored farms to permit staff members to "get a taste of what farmers in North America experience every growing season." Also describes other efforts to make "deeper connections" between "ag-ness" and "ad-ness."
Results of a survey among public relations professionals who were members of the Agricultural Relations Council and Cooperative Communicators Association. Proficiencies related to computer skills, human relations, time management, writing, and editing were used most frequently.
Knecht, Tom (author) and Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), Gainesville, Florida.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25529
