- Do Formula or Competitive Grant Funds Have Greater Impacts on State Agricultural Productivity?
by Dr. Wallace E. Huffman and Dr. Robert E. Evenson, November 2006
This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. "It examines the impact of public agricultural research and extension on agricultural total factor
productivity at the state level. The objective is to establish whether federal formula or competitive
grant funding of agricultural research has a greater impact on state agricultural productivity."
- Potential Impacts in the Northeast Region from the Elimination of Hatch, McIntire-Stennis and Animal Health Federal Formula Funds
by Dr. Thomas A. Fretz, March 2005
An analysis of the impacts of Federal formula funds for long-term support of personnel, students, and infrastructure at
the NE region’s State Agricultural Experiment stations. "Shifting formula funds into competitive grants would jeopardize the continuity and stability of the agricultural
and natural resources research programs that currently ensure a high quality safe supply of food and fiber, strengthen our economy and improve lives."
- A Nation at Risk!
by Thomas A. Fretz, February 2005
An essay anayzing what is at risk and what is required to secure our Nation's food supply,
global competitiveness, food safety, health of our rural communities and the health, diet and nutrition of our
citizens.
- The Hatch Act
by Thomas A. Fretz, February 2005
A brief review of the Hatch Act and its amendment, and how it has impacted the state's
agricultural productivity compared to competitive funding.
- A Drift Toward Elitism by the ‘Peoples' Universities’ by Mike Martin,
Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 51, Issue 25, page 25B.
"For roughly 120 years following the Morrill Act of 1862, land grants were largely true to their mandate and focused on providing educational value for ordinary people.
Through their teaching, research, and outreach services, they played a significant role in advancing social justice, enhancing economic development, and therefore in securing American democracy.
But many observers, myself included, fear that in recent decades land-grant institutions have drifted toward a more elitist approach to recruiting and admitting students.
In so doing, they are becoming more like filters than ladders."
- Honoring
the Land-Grant University Covenant
A publication by NASULGC, February 2005
"The United States has a unique
national partnership with its public universities. This partnership—
which dates back to the Land-Grant Acts of 1862, 1890, and
1994—represents a covenant among the federal government, the state
governments, and America's landgrant universities."
"Members of Congress should remember
that the world-renowned success
of U.S. agriculture is not the product
of chance but a dividend from the
continuous investment in America's
land-grant university system."
-
F. Y. 2006 Budget Request for Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, March 2005
A comparison by by line items of the FY2005 Budget,
the FY2006 President's Budget Request, and the FY2006 NASULGC Budget Proposal.
- NASULGC Budget and
Advocacy Committee: Impact of Budget Cuts, State-by-state Assessments
An analysis of the impacts of the FY2006 President's Budget Request
to the staff, students, infrastructure, matching state funds and the research benefiting the
citizens in the individual states in our nation. Click on the state you want to view.