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2. Department of Development Communication, University of the Philippines at Los Banos
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10041
- Notes:
- This 1981 description is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, ACES College, University of Illinois, Urbana > "International" section > "Philippines - UPLB" file., Project file, Description of a pioneering university program in development communication through flyers and catalog descriptions.
3. Exploring beyond the obvious: Social skills needed for agricultural communication baccalaureate graduates
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Leal, Arthur (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), Stedman, Nicole LaMee Perez (author), Treise, Debbie M. (author), and Universit of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Florida Association for Communication Excellence
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10428
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 103(2)
- Notes:
- 22 pages., Via online journal., This national study sought to expand on current research to identify the importance of and graduates’ ability to perform selected social skills to aid in curricula evaluation and small program development. Using three evaluation groups – agricultural communication graduates, communication industry professionals, and agricultural communication faculty members – 193 individuals responded to the online survey. The most important social skills were those associated with having work values and transitioning into an organization to be a productive member in the workplace. Graduates placed a higher importance on social skills than the other two evaluation groups. All three evaluation groups showed some agreement on graduates’ highest ability to perform several social skills: The ability to be trustworthy, trained, reliable, professional, dedicated, and behave ethically were assigned the highest mean ability. A significant difference was found with the ability graduates afforded themselves in having common sense, being professional, and encompassing maturity versus the other two evaluation groups. Recommendations included incorporating and identifying social skills into instruction for students. Group work, presentations, internships, and student organizations were proposed as opportunities for social skill attainment. Agricultural leadership principles, oral communication, and professional development courses were recommended for new and developing agricultural communication programs that could serve to incorporate the most important social skills. Faculty members could benefit from research that can identify more effective measures to evaluate social skill attainment. Recommendations for future research included a similar assessment with technical skills and for other elements of the Agricultural Communication Program System Model to be assessed.
4. Minutes of the advisory committee meeting for the Centre of Advanced Studies in Agricultural Communication, held at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1981-02-16
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11133
- Notes:
- 9 pages., From the file, "India - G.B. Pant University," in the international file of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Discussion emphasized that the nature of agricultural communication needs a flexible approach rather than the rigid procedures laid down for the program. Committee members emphasized need to focus on features of India culture and society, deliberately departing from "the Western-oriented communication technologies and a systematic attempt to use what is relevant in these to develop packages based on our own understanding of socio-cultural pattern of society." They offered a dozen other recommendations about approaches to this graduate program.
5. Need for and possibilities of increasing program relevance and related support services
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author / Director, International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS))
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11191
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the ISEC/BIFAD Working Seminar on International Education and Training: a focus on relevancy and support services, April 23-24, 1986, Washington, D.C., Presenter describes nine characteristics of graduate students from overseas that differ from those of U.S. graduate students. Recommends that U.S. universities be more flexible and encourage more participation of students from abroad in designing their academic programs. Also urges establishment with international students of frameworks for long-term institutional linkages with their home organizations.