The digital age beckons land-grant universities to serve K-12 education, as it did past industries, by helping develop and mold the dynamic workforce needed to keep pace with an increasingly technological world. Examines: the focus on K-12 education; creating digital intermediaries to support a new land-grant imperative; and recreating the…

Describes the problems involved in merging Federal City College (FCC), District of Columbia Teachers College (DCTC), and Washington Technical Institute (WTI) into the University of the District of Columbia (DCU) by September 1976. Background of the three public institutions and legislation by the 93rd Congress mandating the consolidation are…

Concerned with maximizing productivity, the land-grant agricultural colleges have largely ignored the small farmers they were meant to serve, leading to consequences felt not only in rural America but also in much of the underdeveloped world. (KE)

"While it is entirely possible that the university will continue to function as an essential arm of the giant agribusiness and energy corporations, there are, nevertheless, a wealth of opportunities for it to direct its energies to more useful purposes." The author traces universities' past involvement noting alternatives in energy and agriculture…

Economic problems, including the impact of Proposition 13, are reviewed that are affecting federal financial support for basic research. Focus is on political attitudes within Congress and the Carter Administration, including their effect on grants for research at land grant colleges. (LBH)

With the rejuvenation and expansion of state universities through the Morrill Act, the primary objective was to use public higher education as a preparation for work. Land-grant emphases that should be continued and revived are identified, including agriculture, engineering and applied science, education for work and service to the state. (MLW)

There is a strong potential role for land-grant institutions, to provide technology education programs and outreach to industry. There is also a role for the federal government in stimulating, assisting, and coordinating a nationwide network of regional, state, and local programs for technology development and industrial extension. (MLW)