land-grant colleges and universities U.S. institutions benefiting from the provisions of the Morrill Act (1862), which gave to the states federal lands for the establishment of colleges offering programs in agriculture, engineering, and home economics as well as in the traditional academic subjects. Another provision of the Morrill Act called for the establishment of a military training program, now part of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), at every land-grant college. Although the act itself did not stipulate that the training be compulsory, nearly every state had made it so by the 1920s. After World War II, however, ROTC was generally put on an elective basis. The Hatch Act (1887) expanded the land-grant program by providing federal funds for research and experiment stations; the Smith-Lever Act (1914) granted federal support for extension work in agriculture and home economics (see Cooperative Extension Service ). Because of the Morrill Act's stress on the practical arts, the land-grant system has come to include most of the nation's agricultural colleges and a large number of its engineering schools. In 1994, 29 Native American tribal colleges gained land-grant status, bringing the total number of land-grant institutions to 105.
Bibliography: See E. D. Ross, Democracy's College (1942); A. Nevins, The State Universities and Democracy (1962); H. R. Allen, Open Door to Learning (1963).
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The National Research Council study of the colleges of agriculture at land grant universities: status and thoughts for agricultural economists.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics; 12/1/1995; Ballenger, Nicole Kouadio, Diby; 3100 words;
... 1914. As land grant colleges expanded into full-fledged universities, it was the ... publication, Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities: A Profile ... Council (NRC). Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities: A ...
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The University of New Hampshire's Burley-Demerritt Farm is the nation's first organic dairy farm at a major land grant college.(The Organic World)
Frozen Food Digest; 2/1/2007; 35 words;
* The University of New Hampshire's Burley-Demerritt Farm is the nation's first organic dairy farm at a major land grant college. OTA members Stonyfield Farm and Aurora Organic Dairy have each donated $200,000 to the project.
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The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges has received $200,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to enhance and expand math and science teacher training in the United States through its initiative, the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
Diverse Issues in Higher Education; 11/29/2007; 66 words;
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES has received $200,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to enhance and expand math and science teacher training in the United States through its initiative, the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative. This program ...
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National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.(on the move)(Brief article)
Diverse Issues in Higher Education; 11/29/2007; 60 words;
... president for the Office of Access and the Advancement of Public Black Colleges and Universities in the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Pollard earned a bachelor's from Shaw University, a master's from ...
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"Now is the time": AASCU President Constantine "Deno" Curris and NASULGC President Emeritus C. Peter Magrath weigh in on the two associations' diversity report and the impact they hope it will have on higher education leadership.(A SALUTE TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH)(National Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities)(Interview)
Diverse Issues in Higher Education; 2/9/2006; 1895 words;
... National Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The two organizations ... so, if come 2020, our colleges and universities aren't doing better and ...
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Ag colleges grow up: agronomy 101 is out, biotech jobs are in: land-grant colleges have not yet abandoned aggies, but teaching technology to America's future farmers is no longer their primary mission.(Issues)
Top Producer; 2/1/2003; Bernick, Jeanne; 1880 words;
Land-grant colleges have not ... Today's land-grant universities can no longer ... agricultural colleges are shifting ... traditional role of land-grant colleges ... toward public colleges. Many land-grant universities have ...
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Tribal colleges: new land-grant institutions grow and thrive in America.
Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World; 5/1/1998; Young, Alvin L.; 1248 words;
... to provide land-grant status to 29 colleges and universities controlled ... Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 awarded land-grant status to tribal colleges in 11 states ... colleges and universities are well ... campus. Tribal colleges are ...
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Changes in Colleges of Agriculture at Land-Grant Institutions1
NACTA Journal; 12/1/2003; Fields, Ann M; Hoiberg, Eric; Othman, Mona; 3726 words;
... known as land-grant institutions ... created 17 colleges and universities for black ... Deans in Colleges of Agriculture ... fifty 1862 Land Grant Universities as listed ... of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC ...
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LAND-GRANT COLLEGES NEED NEW GRANTS
ASEE Prism; 3/1/2004; Fribourg, Henry A; 732 words;
... research in agriculture. The land-grant colleges were the foundation of modern ... appropriations means that land-grant colleges are now supported mainly by ... majority of small and medium-size land-grant colleges, and may eventually diminish ...
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Looking for Lionel Trilling in all the wrong places, or becoming a land grant Jew. (college teacher)
The Antioch Review; 6/22/1994; Weiland, Steven; 6557 words;
... professions at the land grant universities. For these ... education today's land grant zealots hope ... But the land grant idea in its ... before our colleges and universities had the form ... that the land grant idea actually ... The states' land ...
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Our land grant mission in the twenty-first Century.(Cornell University)(Brief Article)
Human Ecology; 3/1/2002; 747 words;
The land grant university ... resident in [the land grant] colleges occurred ... University is the land grant university ... genesis of the land grant universities was the driving ... creators of the land grant system could ... What does the land ...
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Economics or education: the establishment of American land-grant universities.
Journal of Higher Education; 3/1/1996; Key, Scott; 10991 words;
... Role of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges and Universities (1978); Allan Nevins ... reexamined the origins of land grant colleges and universities still maintain the ... subsequent creation of land-grant universities and colleges. If policymakers ...
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An old dream in trouble; Land-grant universities; The plight of land-grant universities.(United States)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
The Economist (US); 6/2/2001; 966 words;
... land-grant colleges established ... quarter of the land-grant universities are now private ... Europe, most universities at that time ... religion, the land-grant colleges set out to ... for State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges ...
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Survey of U.S. land-grant universities for training of plant breeding students.(Perspectives)
Crop Science; 11/1/2003; Guner, Nihat Wehner, Todd C.; 4240 words;
... programs in U.S. land-grant universities have been ... supply in land-grant universities. From 1980 ... 2000). Fewer land-grant universities are now involved ... in fewer universities, are now ... support at colleges and universities was ...
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Land-Grant Universities and Extension into the 21st Century: Renegotiating or Abandoning a Social Contract.(Book Review)
Journal of Higher Education; 1/1/2003; Smith, Keith L. Jones, Jo M. McCauley, John S.; 1119 words;
... will the universities not be able ... fact that land-grant institutions ... future of land-grant universities and extension ... 21st century land-grant university ... future of the land-grant universities and the role ... parts of the universities ...
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