Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports
Scope and Content
This collection contains a set of reports compiled by the Food and Agricultural Education Information System. The reports consist of compiled data on higher education in the fields of agricultural, food, human, life, natural resource, and veterinary sciences. Included are such statistics as student enrollment, degrees awarded and placement at all degree levels as well as faculty salaries by rank and discipline. Dates covered by these reports span from 1971 to 1999.
Dates
- [1981]-2001
Creator
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Administrative History
The Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS) is a program which compiles nationwide higher education data for the agricultural, food, human, life, natural resource, and veterinary sciences. These data include student enrollment, degrees awarded and placement at all degree levels and faculty salaries by rank and discipline. FAEIS was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1983 and originally managed by Texas A & M University. Virginia Tech began managing FAEIS in 2002.
Read more on the Food and Agricultural Education Information System website.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
The collection contains statistical data compiled by the Food and Agricultural Education Information System regarding college enrollment and degrees in such majors as Agriculture, Family and Consumer Science, Forestry, Home Economics, and Renewable Natural Resources.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by field of study, then by report type, then chronologically.
Source of Acquisition
The Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports were donated to Special Collections in 2008.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports commenced in December 2008 and was completed in February 2009.
- Title
- Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports, [1981]-2001
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson, Archivist
- Date
- 2009 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu