College of Agriculture
ranked among nation’s top 10
 LEXINGTON,
Ky. (Jan. 4, 2008) - In the list of top ranked colleges in the
nation, you’ll now find the University of Kentucky’s College of
Agriculture among a prestigious top ten.
The 2006-07 Faculty Scholarly Activity Index ranks the college
tenth nationally for the broad category of agricultural sciences
research. Even more notable, UK placed fifth in overall plant
sciences. For specific agricultural disciplines, UK’s plant
pathology program earned fourth, plant physiology earned seventh
and entomology was ninth.
“This is an important achievement for our university and for our
state,” said Kumble Subbaswamy, UK’s provost. “The fact that so
many of our agricultural programs are ranked among the very best
in the country is testimony to the quality and dedication of our
faculty and the outstanding contribution they make.”
In the top ten ranking overall, the College of Agriculture joins
nine of the finest universities and agricultural colleges in the
world, including the University of Arizona, Rutgers, University
of California - Davis, the University of Wisconsin - Madison,
Cornell University, the University of Illinois, the University
of Minnesota, Washington State University and Michigan State
University (http://www.academicanalytics.com/Top20BC2006-07.html).
“This national ranking publicly confirms what we’ve known for
many years, namely that our faculty can compete with the best in
the world,” said Scott Smith, dean of the college. “The caliber
and productivity of our research not only places us among the
leading agricultural colleges, but advances our land-grant
mission in agriculture and life sciences.”
With more than 275 faculty and over 2000 students, the college
is known throughout the national land-grant system for its
innovative research in livestock & forage systems, equine
science, animal health, plant biology, natural products, natural
resources, precision agriculture, human environmental sciences
and several other areas (http://www.ca.uky.edu).
This is the not the first time the college’s programs have
earned high rankings. Last year the same index ranked UK’s plant
pathology and entomology programs in the top ten among large
research universities.
The index is created by Academic Analytics, a company owned in
part by the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Institutions are categorized as large research universities or
small research universities. UK is a large research institution.
Faculty productivity is based on several factors, including
scholarly publications, federal grant dollars awarded, and
honors and awards. |
