Enhancing the learning environment to raise and equalize student success:
Posted September 18th, 2015 by Ben Davis
- Provost Initiative Funds provide experiential learning opportunities: Funds helped AgSci hire faculty and staff to promote experiential learning opportunities at our 11 Branch Experiment Stations.
- Graduation rates are rising: AgSci’s 6-year graduation rate from the 2007 cohort is 67.8%, above the university rate of 61.5%, for 2013-14.
- Total number of degrees awarded is increasing: In 2014, AgSci awarded a total of 564 degrees, up from 332 five years ago.
- Bioenergy Program teaches alternatives to fossil fuel: OSU now offers an undergrad minor, master’s scholarship, and pre-college programs in this USDA-funded biofuels development program.