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The “A” in SAEA – Agricultural… or Applied?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Hal Harris
Hal Harris*
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Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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I am perhaps not the best person to argue the case of Agricultural Economics over that of Applied Economics. WhenI came to Clemson in 1975, we were Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. When the number of sociologists dropped to one in1990, we became Agricultural and Applied Economics. OurPh.D. program had already adopted the title Applied Economics in 1984. People like Jim Hite, Buddy Dillman, and MarkHenry were leaders in Environmental Economics and Rural Economic Developmentand were fans of Applied Economics. I strongly agreed withthese name changes at the time. Clemson was in the vanguard of similar namechanges across the country over the past 25 years. But, I wonder now if wewere wise or not.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , August 2012 , pp. 307 - 309
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2012

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