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By Roger L. Geiger

This paintings offers a serious reexamination of the beginning and improvement of America's land-grant schools and universities, created through crucial piece of laws in better schooling. the tale is split into 5 components that supply nearer examinations of consultant developments.Part I describes the relationship among agricultural study and American faculties. half II indicates that the accountability of defining and enforcing the land-grant act fell to the states, which produced quite a few associations within the 19th century. half III information the 1st part of the clash throughout the latter many years of the 19th century approximately no matter if land schools have been meant to be agricultural faculties, or complete educational associations. half IV specializes in the truth that full-fledged universities grew to become dominant associations of yankee larger schooling. the ultimate half indicates that the land-grant undertaking is alive and good in college faculties of agriculture and, in truth, is inherent to their identity.Including the superior minds the sphere has to supply, this quantity follows within the fantastic culture of previous books in Transaction's views at the heritage of upper schooling series.

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The Land-Grant Colleges and the Reshaping of American Higher Education

This paintings offers a serious reexamination of the foundation and improvement of America's land-grant schools and universities, created via an important piece of laws in larger schooling. the tale is split into 5 elements that supply nearer examinations of consultant advancements. half I describes the relationship among agricultural examine and American schools.

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