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PDF pending restorationOffice of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
The land-grant colleges and universities in the United States are the result of a partnership of the States and the Federal Government. They represent an effort to provide a type of higher education within the reach of, and adapted to the needs of, the agricultural and industrial people of this country. They have played a very important part in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Partnerships in Education, Bibliographies, Federal Regulation
Download full textAndrews, Benjamin F. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The act of July 2, 1862, "donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," led to the establishment of a group of higher institutions, at least one in each State, having direct relations with the Federal Government and dedicated to a common…
Descriptors: Educational History, Professional Training, Curriculum Development, Program Implementation
PDF pending restorationKelly, Fred J. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
The land-grant colleges and universities in the United States are the result of a partnership of the States and the Federal Government. They represent an effort to provide a type of higher education within the reach of, and adapted to the needs of, the agricultural and industrial people of this country. They have played a very important part in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Financial Policy, Access to Education, State Federal Aid
Greenleaf, Walter J. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
The first Morrill Act signed by President Lincoln on July 2, 1862, provided for the establishment in each State of a college of agriculture and the mechanic arts. By this act each State received an amount of public land (or land scrip) equal to 30,000 acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which it was then entitled. The proceeds…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Land Grant Universities, Grants, Federal Programs
Farr, Maude – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1947
This is the annual statistical report of land-grant colleges and universities prepared in accordance with the responsibilities of the U. S. Office of Education under the Second Morrill Act, The Nelson Amendment, and Title II of the Bankhead-Jones Act. It is published separately from the "Biennial Survey of Education." In general, there…
Descriptors: Educational History, Land Grant Universities, Federal Legislation, National Surveys
Farr, Maude – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1948
This is the complete report of 69 land-grant institutions for the year which ended June 30th, 1947. Too few of the institutions had sent reports by October 15th to make it possible, as has been the practice in previous years, to prepare a preliminary report for distribution at the November meeting of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Veterans, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Survey of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Bulletin, 1930, No. 9. Volume I. [Preface - Part VI]
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1930
At the request of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, the Office of Education undertook a survey of the 69 land-grant colleges and universities, including 17 institutions for Negroes. For more than a half century, these institutions have grown in importance as vital factors in the agricultural, industrial, and educational…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Research Methodology, School Statistics
