Factors affecting recruitment of horticulture students at major universities

HortTechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 631-636

  Bradley, Jennifer Campbell ^a   Kohlleppel, Tammy ^a   Waliczek, Tina M ^b   Zajicek, Jayne M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice of major; College recruiting; Horticulture enrollment; Horticulture majors; Recruitment factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034083818     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.10.3.631     Document Type: Article

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