land grant colleges

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• Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act — The Morrill Land Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land grant colleges. Passage of original billFor fifteen years prior to the first introduction of the bill in 1857, there was a political movement calling for …   Wikipedia

• National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges — The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) is the oldest higher education association within the US. Current membership consists of 214 public universities. NASULGC is considered a presidential association… …   Wikipedia

• Land-grant university — Land grant universities (also called land grant colleges or land grant institutions) are institutions of higher education in the United States that have been designated by each state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.… …   Wikipedia

• land-grant college — /land grant , grahnt / a U.S. college or university (land grant university) entitled to support from the federal government under the provisions of the Morrill Acts. [1885 90, Amer.] * * * ▪ American education  any of numerous American… …   Universalium

• Land-grant University — Justin Smith Morrill (1810−1898), auf den die Gesetzgebung zurückgeht, die zur Gründung der Land grant Universities führte Als Land grant Universities werden in den Vereinigten Staaten staatliche Universitäten bezeichnet, deren Gründung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• land grant — noun a grant of public land (as to a railway or college) (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑grant, ↑assignment * * * a tract of land given by the government, as for colleges or railroads. [1850 55] * * * land grant noun A grant of public land (to a college …   Useful english dictionary

• Land-Grant College Act of 1862 — or Morrill Act Act of the U.S. Congress (1862) that provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in agriculture and the mechanic arts. Named for its sponsor, Vermont Congressman Justin Smith Morrill… …   Universalium

• Land-Grant College, estatuto de 1862 — o ley Morrill Ley del Congreso de EE.UU. (1862) que concedía terrenos a los estados para financiar el establecimiento de colleges (colegios universitarios) especializados en agronomía y mecánica. Debe su nombre a su promotor, el congresista de… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Land-grant university — Les Land grant universities (ou land grant colleges, land grant institutions) sont des institutions américaines de haute éducation, désignées par chaque état pour recevoir le bénéfice du Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act. Portail des États Unis… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Land Grant Trophy — The Land Grant Trophy is presented to the winner of each football game between Michigan State and Penn State.HistorySince Penn State joined the Big Ten Conference in 1993, the Nittany Lions and Spartans have played each other for the trophy in… …   Wikipedia

• land-grant — ☆ land grant [land′grant΄ ] adj. designating any of a number of colleges and universities originally given federal aid, esp. by land grants, on condition that they offer instruction in agriculture and the mechanical arts: they are now supported… …   Universalium