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Erin A. Leach – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Morrill Act of 1862 provided the funding mechanism for the modern land-grant college system. In the over 160 years since its passage, the tripartite land-grant mission of teaching, research, and service has become the most recognizable legacy of the legislation. Recent scholars of land-grant education caution against viewing the history of…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
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Elizabeth Healey; Rosemary Aviste; Michelle S. Bae-Dimitriadis – Art Education, 2023
How can digital art--based research counter Indigenous eradication and settler replacement enacted by land-grant universities (LGUs)? How can non-Indigenous settlers ethically engage in decolonizing work? With these questions, our art-based research project emerged from a spring 2021 Pennsylvania State University (PSU) graduate seminar, Land…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Land Grant Universities, Racism, Decolonization
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Lindaman, Matthew – History Teacher, 2021
Inspired by participation in the 2014 version of the Stewardship of Public Lands seminar, hosted by the Yellowstone Association Institute and sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' American Democracy Project, the author's first goal was the creation of a "Sophomore Seminar" course themed on "Parks,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, United States History, Parks, Seminars
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Elizabeth A. Ramsey; Melinda Swafford – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
This article provides a historical review of the FCS profession beginning with the Progressive Era and founder Ellen Swallows Richards. The review includes a summary of significant historical events and legislation, that reveal how the FCS profession addressed the needs of individuals, families, and communities from inception to the present. From…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
Thelin, John R. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021
The thoroughly updated second edition of this dynamic and thoughtful collection focuses on the issues that have shaped American higher education in the past decade. "Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education," designed to be used alongside John R. Thelin's "A History of American Higher Education" or on its…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Higher Education, Social History