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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports, Ms2008-094, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports were donated to Special Collections in 2008.

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.

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 .

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.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by field of study, then by report type, then chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Education, Higher
• Food Technology and Production
• History of Food and Drink
• Science and Technology

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/ ).