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Direct linkErin 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
