Recruitment of students into any fi

Recruitment of students into any field of agriculture is sometimes hampered by traditional perceptions of agriculture as being a study of "cows, sows, and plows." Contrary to this misperception, modern agriculture encompasses discipline specializations that have wide appeal. Dispelling this myth of agriculture and replacing that image with the dynamic and cutting edge reality is the first challenge that we face in recruiting students. A second challenge that exists is the decline in the numbers of high school graduates entering college as evidenced by static and even declining higher education enrollments occurring in the last couple of years. We have developed a cadre of effective strategies for recruitment of high quality students that have enabled us to sustain an enrollment growth from 2007 to 2014 of 57.34%, much greater than that of the university as a whole and colleges of agriculture in a nine university land grant comparison group. Many of these strategies involve student engagement and input into the recruiting process, including the use of AgAmbassadors. These well-trained and talented student advocates of the college are used as peer-recruiters at college fairs and leaders of agriculture campus tours that end with a visit to a professor in the desired discipline area. Other strategies used are student critique and review of printed recruitment material, use of social media, targeting influencers and advocates about job opportunities and career options, and generous scholarship and mentor support. Today's students are driven by a desire to "make a difference" and impact the world around them in a positive manner. Agriculture and all of its various disciplines offer an excellent opportunity to satisfy those needs.

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学生在任何领域的农业招聘有时会受到传统观念的农业作为“奶牛，母猪和犁的研究。”与此相反的误解，现代农业包括学科专业具有广泛的吸引力。消除这个神话的农业和替换图像的动态和前沿的现实是我们招收学生面临的第一个挑战。另一个挑战是在高中毕业生进入大学就证明了静态甚至下降高等教育人数在过去几年发生的数量的减少。我们已经开发出高质量的学生，使我们能够维持一个招生增长从2007到2014的57.34%个招聘干部的有效策略，高于大学作为一个整体，院校一九所大学授予土地农业比较组。这些策略包括学生的参与和投入的招聘流程，包括agambassadors使用。这些训练有素的和有才华的学生的倡导者的学院被用来作为同行的招聘人员在大学会和农业校园参观的领导，结束访问一个教授在所需的学科领域。使用其他的策略是印刷招聘材料学生批判和评论，使用社交媒体，针对就业机会和职业选择的影响者和倡导者，和慷慨的奖学金和导师的支持。今天的学生是由一个愿望，以“制造一个差异”，并以积极的态度影响他们周围的世界。农业和它的各个学科提供了一个极好的机会来满足这些需求。