Leadership Skills Of College Of Agriculture Graduates

Abstract

Leadership development has been identified as one of the objectives of undergraduate agriculture degree programs in land-grant colleges throughout the United States (Love & Yoder, 1989). Efforts to enhance the leadership skills of agriculture students have varied widely across degree programs, departments, and institutions. Leadership development efforts in some institutions have been promoted through courses to enhance leadership attributes of students. Other institutions have adopted a more laissez faire posture by encouraging leadership development through participation in departmental clubs, student organizations, and activities (Schumacher & Swan, 1993).