The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement
May 9th, 2010 by Proffesor Grant
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The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education revises the traditional interpretation of the land-grant college movement, whose institutions were brought into being b the 1862 Morrill Act to provide for “the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes.” Rather than being the inevitable consequence of the unfolding dynamic of institutional and socioeconomic forces, Williams argues, it was the active intervention and initiate of a handful of educati… More >>
The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement
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