land-grant university
State-funded institution
A land-grant university is an American college or university established under the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, which granted federal land to states to fund institutions emphasizing agriculture, engineering, and practical sciences.
Each state has at least one.
Many have become large public research universities: She attended the state's land-grant university to study agricultural engineering.
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- extensionAdded part or duration
- federal fundingMoney allocated by central government
- flagshipCommander's principal vessel
- Big TenMajor collegiate athletic conference
research · outreach · college · tuition · campus · agricultural · cow college · engineering · rural · students · faculty · stadium · home game · fight song · dormitory · alumni · forestry · cooperative
land-grant universityprivate university
Self-funded higher learning institution
Harvard · Yale · Princeton · finishing school · for-profit college
land-grant universityliberal arts college
School prioritizing broad education
conservatory · finishing school · seminary · divinity school · preparatory school
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