A new survey of 53 university forestry programs in the United States and Canada has found that the College of Forestry at Oregon State University ranks first in the total number of professional publications, first in the number of “citations� to those publications, and is perceived by academic colleagues as the leading forestry program in North America.
The study, published in the Journal of Forestry, examined a range of research, publication and citation criteria at 47 universities in the U.S. and six in Canada. It is one of the first peer-reviewed rankings of forestry programs in at least a decade, the Auburn University authors said.
OSU has one of the largest forestry education, research and Extension programs in the nation, and this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Its first degree programs were offered in 1906, and the college now how has more than 600 students, 15,000 acres of college forests, about 5,500 graduates and an annual budget of more than $20 million.
Good news that could have been anticipated.
If OSU was closer to my home, I’d probably consider a class or two for arborist CEUs if the professors didn’t mind a 49 year old relic.
Cheers,
MDV
Arborist
http://www.mdvaden.com/forest_management.shtml