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Quality in agricultural education, in general, and in the faculties of
agriculture in particular, may be attained through feedback from evaluation. this would be used for policy and planning purposes. In doing so, a faculty of agriculture should have an evaluation system to judge the extent to which activities are satisfactory. Internal evaluation is suitable model which was
applied, on a pilot basis, to the Department of Agricultural Extension and Education (DAEE) in 1997-98. The -long- term objective of the pilot internal evaluation project was to test the applicability of self-evaluation in higher agricultural education in Iran and prepare the ground for its application. The imidate objective was to motivate faculty members to examine past activities of
the DAEE and find out strenghts weaknesses, opportunities and threats to plan future development of the DAEE. In applying the internal evaluation model, five sets of factors were considered for judgment. Theses included: 1) Organizational stracture, 2) Student population, 3) Faculty members, 4) Graduates and 5) Degree programs. In process of internal evaluation, after detinning appropriates evaluations criteriae, relevant indicators related to each of the five sets of factors were identified. Them based on stated goals of
the DAEE, the present situation of the factors are judged. In doing so,
expectations of faculty members with regard to research. Teaching and services at the DAEE were surveyed and present situation of the factors were compared with them. The survey was conduceted through questionanaire and

compared with them. The survey was conduceted through questionanaire and interview in the spring 1998.Population under observation included 9 faculty, 30 student, 30 graduates and 30 employers. The results indicate that student rating of teaching-learning processes was satisfactory. Futhermore, employers were satisfied with the knowledge and abilities of graduates. .But students were not satisfied with the general situation of the DAEE. Similar rating was repored by faculty members and chairman about the DAEE based on the results of evaluation, a plan of action for improving the department was s u ges ted