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Download full textNational Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2008
This document provides an overview and history of the land-grant system, as well as copies of the original and amended legislation affecting the land-grant colleges. Land-grant colleges or universities have been designated by their state legislatures or Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890 and 1994. The original…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Land Grant Universities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Walters, Norma J. – 1986
The Morrill Land Grant Act (1862) granted public land to the states to establish agricultural and mechanical colleges. The land grant concept of bringing the services of the colleges to the farmers and mechanics was implemented by the Hatch Act (1887). Other important acts were the Second Morrill Act (1890), which gave monetary supplements to…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
