KRIRM :: Key Strategies

Photo by Janell Kleberg © - Waiting for Daylight Collection

To teach our students to see the big picture, we follow a systems approach to learning about the complex business of ranching
To give our students outside perspective, we enhance their curriculum by using invited lectureships, an annual symposium, and other mediums
To provide our students with hands-on experience, we use the King Ranch and other large ranches as applied teaching laboratories
To give our students access to one of the top wildlife research centers in the world, we leverage the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute as a model of success and a sister institute for collaboration
To teach our students to apply what's been learned, we provide internships for them with selected ranches and use successful ranch managers as mentors

He taught me to widen my vision, to not just look straight ahead but to try to see a bigger picture because things come at you from every angle.

Helen Kleberg Groves quoting her father, Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. in Bob and Helen Kleberg of King Ranch



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