Describes the first agricultural journalism course offered at the University of Illinois. It was taught during second semester 1907, featuring agricultural editors as guest lecturers. "The demand for trained workers in this line is considerable and the managers of agricultural journals assert that the average student from college is of little value in a newspaper office. This is largely due to the fact that he has had absolutely no instruction in work of this kind. Very naturally, he is all at sea when he accepts a position on an agricultural paper."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11163
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AGCM 300, Special Problems in Agricultural Communications. Course project as part of the author's Master of Extension Education Program, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Part 21, June 12, 1990. 26 pages., Introducing his series of AGCM 300 course projects, author focused on formation and development of the undergraduate program in agricultural communications at the University of Illinois. This report included growth of the program (1961-1989) and current program within the context of national trends in this emerging academic subject area.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11164
Notes:
AGCM 300, Special Problems in Agricultural Communications. Course project as part of the author's Master of Extension Education Program, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Part 1, July 14, 1990. 17 pages., As part of his introductory research in a series of AGCM 300 course projects, author focused on introduction and growth of courses in the agricultural communications program at the University of Illinois (before 1960 to 1989).