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Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
The land-grant colleges and universities in the United States are the result of a partnership of the States and the Federal Government. They represent an effort to provide a type of higher education within the reach of, and adapted to the needs of, the agricultural and industrial people of this country. They have played a very important part in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Partnerships in Education, Bibliographies, Federal Regulation

Kelly, Fred J. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
The land-grant colleges and universities in the United States are the result of a partnership of the States and the Federal Government. They represent an effort to provide a type of higher education within the reach of, and adapted to the needs of, the agricultural and industrial people of this country. They have played a very important part in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Financial Policy, Access to Education, State Federal Aid
Farr, Maude – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1947
This is the annual statistical report of land-grant colleges and universities prepared in accordance with the responsibilities of the U. S. Office of Education under the Second Morrill Act, The Nelson Amendment, and Title II of the Bankhead-Jones Act. It is published separately from the "Biennial Survey of Education." In general, there…
Descriptors: Educational History, Land Grant Universities, Federal Legislation, National Surveys
Greenleaf, Walter J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
The land-grant colleges and universities of the United States, established by the provisions of the land-grant act of 1862, receive from this and other land-grant acts, as well as from the second Morrill Act of 1890 and the Nelson amendment of 1907, Federal funds for instruction, administration, and permanent improvements in the institutions. This…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Conferences (Gatherings), Expenditures, Salaries