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Appendixes
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Appendix A
Statement of Task
The National Academies will conduct a study, including a major two-
day summit of educators, employers, and others, to explore opportunities
for institutions of higher education to improve the learning experience of
undergraduate students pursuing careers at the intersection of agriculture,
environmental and life sciences, and their related disciplines. The summit
will examine innovations in teaching, learning, and the curriculum that are
adaptive to differences in student backgrounds, attitudes, and expectations,
and that better equip graduates with knowledge and skills appropriate for
multiple career paths and demands. Following the summit, a committee of
the National Academies will prepare a report that identifies opportunities
to effect change in undergraduate programs that will enable those programs
to produce a flexible, well-prepared workforce that is appropriately skilled,
socially responsive, and technically proficient.
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