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Gibson, Huston; Canfield, Jessica; Beamish, Anne – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2020
University-led service-learning projects are commonly perceived as being mutually beneficial for students, faculty, and communities. Most studies primarily focus on benefits to students. Our study explores the value of a university-led service-learning engagement project from a community's perspective. To assess perceptions of a student planning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Community Attitudes, Partnerships in Education, Horticulture
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Martin, Frank Edgerton – Planning for Higher Education, 2011
Several of the campus heritage plans funded by the Getty Foundation served as laboratories for applying the relatively new field of cultural landscape preservation to campus planning. With a strong landscape component, the heritage plans of The University of Kansas, Cranbrook Academy, the University of California, Berkeley, and elsewhere remind…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Educational Facilities Planning, College Environment
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Bruce, Jeffrey L. – Planning for Higher Education, 2011
As American settlement spread to the Midwest, college and university campuses came to symbolize some of the greatest achievements of public policy and private philanthropy. However, the expansion westward often ignored the cultural precedents of Native Americans and the diversity of the varied native landscapes. Today, campus planners and historic…
Descriptors: United States History, Educational History, Educational Facilities Planning, Public Policy
Albracht, James, Ed.
This secondary horticulture curriculum guide is one of a set of three designated as the basic core of instruction for horticulture programs in Kansas. Units of instruction are presented in eight sections: (1) Human Relations, (2) Business Operations, (3) Greenhouse, (4) Retail Flowershop Operation, (5) Landscape Nursery, (6) Lawn Maintenance, (7)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Business Skills, Course Content
Albracht, James, Ed.
This second horticulture guide is one of a set of three designated as the basic core of instruction for horticulture programs in Kansas. Units of instruction are presented in eight sections: (1) Leadership, (2) Supervised Occupational Experience, (3) Plant Propagation, (4) Soil and Plant Growth Media, (5) Fertilizers, (6) Greenhouse, (7) Plant…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Course Content, Fertilizers
Albracht, James, Ed.
This secondary horticulture curriculum guide is one of a set of three designated as the basic core of instruction for horticulture programs in Kansas. Units of instruction are presented in thirteen sections: (1) Orientation and Careers, (2) Leadership and Future Farmers of America, (3) Supervised Occupational Experience Program, (4) Plant…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Career Planning, Course Content
Elson, Donald E.; Robinson, George A. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether a post-high school vocational training program for horticultural workers is needed in Kansas. A preliminary survey of 76 nursery and six turfgrass firms and interviews with horticulture management personnel were conducted to provide direction and guidance for the final study. The final survey…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employer Attitudes