Held Friday, February 22, 2013
University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Standards in Society, Michigan State University
Strategic Initiative Leader, Sustainable Food Systems
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education and Co-Director of Imagining America, Syracuse University
What is the civic mission of the land grant university? What changes in university practices are needed to better fulfill the land grant civic mission in the coming years? This half-day symposium examines these enduring questions in the context of the current crisis facing all public universities.
View Busch’s publications relevant to this forum: Standards: Recipes for Reality (2011) and External Review of the Collaborative Research Agreement between Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute, Inc. and The Regents of the University of California (2004)
View Hayden-Smith’s article relevant to this forum: “Outlook: UC’s land-grant mission fuels nation’s growth, prosperity” (2012)
View Peters’ articles relevant to this forum: “Changing the Story About Higher Education’s Public Purposes and Work: Land-Grants, Liberty, and the Little Country Theatre” (2006) and “Stories and Storytelling in Extension Work” (2012)
