Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication Department
Title
Self-Study Report: 02 Executive Summary
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
September 1996
The Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication (AgLEC) was
established in July 1992 as a merger between the departments of Agricultural Education and
Agricultural Communication. Its mission, briefly, is to contribute 10 the human resource
development vision of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) by delivering
programs of excellence in teacher education, leadership and communication, clearly defining the
interrelationship between agriculture and natural resources and the human environment.
AgLEC is a department in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. The faculty reports 10 a department head, and are accountable to the
respective deans of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR), the
Agricultural Research Division (ARD), and the Cooperative Extension Division (CEO),
depending on their appointment.
The department's office is located on the third floor of Agricultural Hall on the East Campus of
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Most faculty members ~ housed at that location, with the
exception of some faculty in other departments who have joint appointments in AgLEC.
Currently the AgLEC faculty consists of II full-time members; five members with joint
appointments in AgLEC and other units; seven members whose academic tenure homes are in
AgLEC but who occupy budgeted positions in other units; three members with courtesy
appointments; two members with adjunct appointments; four to six contract/part-time teachers;
and three graduate assistants. The overall split of faculty assignments among teaching, research
and extension is: 10.65 FTE teaching; 1.3 FIE research; and 1.3 FTE extension.
AgLEC offers undergraduate programs in agricultural education and agricultural journalism, and
a masters level program in agricultural education. In addition, the department offers several
undergraduate courses that serve hundreds of non-majors each semester, most notably courses in
interpersonal skills for leadership, and technical communication. In 1996, seven Bachelor of
Science degrees were awarded in agricultural education and none in agricultural journalism.
Currently there are 43 full- and one pan-time agricultural education majors and 17 full-time
agricultural journalism majors. In 1996, three Master of Science degrees in agricultural education
were awarded. Currently, 27 students enrolled in the masters program. AgLEC faculty
members are currently advising six doctoral candidates.
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Produced by the Department of Agricultural, Leadership Education, and Communication, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska – Lincoln.