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This is a list of land-grant colleges and universities in the United States of America and its associated territories. [1]Land-grant institutions are often categorized as 1862, 1890, and 1994 institutions, based on the date of the legislation that designated most of them with land-grant status.
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
Logo for the centennial of land-grant universities. A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, [1] or a beneficiary under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. [2]
Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas was founded as one of the first institutions established under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Each state used federal funding from the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890 to set up "land grant colleges" that specialized in agriculture and engineering.
Pages in category "Land-grant universities and colleges" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Historically Black land-grant universities in Tennessee and 15 other states have missed out on $12.6 billion in funding over the last three decades, according to the Biden administration.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is a U.S. federal government body whose creation was mandated in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Its purpose is to consolidate all federally funded agricultural research , and it is subordinate to the Department of Agriculture .
The University of Virginia campus, designed by Thomas Jefferson. During the Civil War, the first of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts was passed, in 1862. [21] [22] This first act responded to calls for colleges and universities that served "the people" through the instruction of practical skills, and support for agricultural and industrial research ...