Land-Grant Universities and the Morrill Act of 1862

USDA and the Birth of Land-Grant Universities - This Land of Ours Southeast AgNET

The Agricultural Roots of American Higher Education The history of American agriculture is closely connected to the development of higher education, and two major milestones came in 1862: the establishment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the passage of the Morrill Act, which laid the foundation for America’s land-grant university system. In this edition of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold looks back at the events th…

Land-Grant Universities and the Morrill Act of 1862

The Morrill Act of 1862 Creates a New Educational Model The history of American agriculture is closely connected to the development of the nation’s land-grant universities. In 1862, the First ... Read More The post Land-Grant Universities Transform American Agriculture appeared first on AgNet West.