Enrollment Issues In Agricultural Education Programs And FFA Membership

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Urban FFA Members’ Sense of the Organizational Culture of the FFA

“…This limited viewpoint could did have some positive attributes. The members did not experience negative FFA stereotypes (Hoover & Scanlon, 1991;Phelps, Henry, & Bird, 2012); they were not put-off by rural-centered topics of FFA (Martin & Kitchel, 2013) nor were they intimidated by the overall white membership of FFA (Lawrence, Rayfield, Moore, & Outley, 2013). These conclusions seemed to counter the findings of other organizational culture studies (e.g., Maier, 1999;Simpson, 1998) as these members were willing to become active in FFA.…”

“…This challenge may include changing urban students' negative perceptions of FFA. For instance, a survey of 540 FFA members from across the nation revealed that the image of FFA was a barrier to student participation (Hoover & Scanlon, 1991). More recent studies have complemented these findings.…”

“…The rural organizational culture (Martin & Kitchel, 2013) presented at the National FFA Convention was not a major barrier. They did not express negative perceptions of FFA members (Hoover & Scanlon, 1991;Phelps, Henry, & Bird, 2012) and agriculture (Jones & Bowen, 1998;Talbert & Larke, 1995). Some members even tried to tie the rural messages to their urban context.…”

“…The ruralness and mainly white FFA members of the convention created a sense of curiosity, nervousness, and wanting among some members. However, they did not talk about negative stereotypes of rural FFA members (Hoover & Scanlon, 1991;Phelps, Henry, & Bird, 2012) and agriculture (Jones & Bowen, 1998;Talbert & Larke, 1995;Warren & Alston, 2007). Some of the other Belmont FFA members were not as enthusiastic about the rural themes.…”

Factors Influencing Enrollment in an Urban Agricultural Education Program

“…Past studies have indicated numerous factors influencing student enrollment behaviors including parents, friends, and significant others (Luft & Geise, 1991;Marshall, Herring, & Briers, 1992;Reis & Kahler, 1997); circumstantial/disavowance reasons (Marshall, Herring, & Briers, 1992); interests (Connors, Moore, & Elliot, 1989;Marshall, Herring, & Briers, 1992); image, future value, and perceptions of agriculture (Hoover & Scanlon, 1991;Talbert & Larke, 1995); and career and educational preparation, developmental skills, academic enhancement, response to social pressure, and participation in activity enhanced learning (Sutphin & Newsom-Stewart, 1995). Although these studies have identified numerous factors influencing enrollment in secondary programs of agriculture, there has been limited research efforts focused on students enrolled in secondary agricultural programs within urban areas.…”