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Download full textKeesecker, Ward W. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1930
The provisions made by Congress to assist the States in promoting education make up an important chapter in the development of education in the American Commonwealths. Due to the constant demand for information concerning this subject, the National Advisory Committee on Education requested a digest of legislation and literature relating to Federal…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Vocational Education, Agriculture, Agricultural Colleges
Hood, William R., Comp. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1916
There has been recently an increased interest in educational legislation. The school administrator and the student of educational systems now turn for information and help to legal provisions as they turn to statistics or to the opinions of experienced schoolmen. Accompanied with this new interest in educational legislation have been increased…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, School Districts, Constitutional Law, Public Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1981
The Committee on Agriculture hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 1309, which pertains to land-grant colleges and research facilities, including the text of the bill and witness statements, are presented. The bill would provide grants to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, for the purpose of assisting these…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agriculture, Black Colleges, College Buildings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On June 19, 1972, the subcommittee heard testimony on land-grant colleges and their role in rural America. The hearing's purpose was to determine whether this system of education, research, and extension is working for or against the cause--livable communities in rural America. Among the candid questions asked about the land-grant college system…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Colleges, Black Colleges, Consumer Economics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1980
Congressional hearings concerning H.R. 7557 and H.R. 7757, which pertain to grants to 1890 land-grant colleges, are presented. H.R. 7557 provides for grants to the states for the purposes of assisting eligible colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, to receive funds under the act of August 30, 1890, in the purchase of equipment and land and the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Black Colleges, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Facilities Planning
PDF pending restorationKelly, 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
