NALT

Preferred term

Land Grant universities

Topic

The term used to identify a public university in each state that was originally established as a land grant college of agriculture pursuant to the Morrill Act of 1862. In most states the original agricultural colleges grew over time into full-fledged public universities by adding other colleges (e.g., arts and sciences, medicine, law, etc.); in states where a public university existed prior to 1862, the first Morrill Act resulted in a college of agriculture being added to the university.

universities

Land Grant colleges
Land Grant colleges of agriculture
Land Grant institutions
Land-Grant colleges and universities
Land-Grant universities
Morrill Act of 1862 institutions

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

20642

Spanish

universidades Land Grant

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/1330

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/19/18