Land-Grant Ivies

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<p>Land-Grant Ivies</p>

<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>UCB</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>Illinois</li>
<li>Penn State</li>
<li>Ohio State</li>
</ol>

<p>[Honorable Mention]</p>

<ol>
<li>UMD</li>
<li>TAMU</li>
<li>UConn</li>
<li>Florida
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All are ranked in the Top-20 USNWR Top-Public National Universities!!</li>
</ol>

<p>Excerpt</p>

<p>**"Land-Grant Universities<a href=“also%20called%20land-grant%20colleges%20or%20land-grant%20institutions”>/B</a> are institutions of higher education in the United States designated by each state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.</p>

<p>The Morrill Acts funded educational institutions by granting federally controlled land to the states for the states to develop or sell to raise funds to establish and endow “land-grant” colleges. The mission of these institutions as set forth in the 1862 Act is to focus on the teaching of practical agriculture, science and engineering (though “without excluding … classical studies”), as a response to the industrial revolution and changing social class.[1][2] This mission was in contrast to the historic practice of higher education to focus on an abstract Liberal Arts curriculum.</p>

<p>Ultimately, most land-grant colleges became large public universities that today offer a full spectrum of educational opportunities. However, some land-grant colleges are private schools, including Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://ext.wsu.edu/documents/landgrant.pdf[/url]”>http://ext.wsu.edu/documents/landgrant.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
Source: <a href=“http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=780[/url]”>http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=780&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The only member of the Ivy League I see here is Cornell.</p>

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<p>^^ Yup, Cornell is the only school represented in both leagues!! lol</p>

<p>I should have added:</p>

<p>[Emeritus Status] </p>

<p>Michigan State <a href=“Prototype”>I</a>*</p>

<p>It’s April 17th, 2012 around 9pm Chicago local time (The 2012 Tax Filing Deadline!!). The term, “Land-Grant Ivies,” similar to the “little ivies,” “Public Ivies,” “Hidden Ivies,” “New Ivies,” “Jesuit Ivies,” “Black Ivies,”…etc. is officially being invented by “Sparkeye7” here in CC. Peace!! :p</p>

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<p>For a time, Brown was the landgrant school for Rhode Island
[Encyclopedia</a> Brunoniana | Agricultural lands](<a href=“Student Groups at Brown //”>Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Agricultural lands)
The landgrant school in New Hampshire started out at Dartmouth:
[Dartmo.:</a> New Hampshire College: The Land-Grant School in Hanover](<a href=“http://www.dartmo.com/nhc/index.html]Dartmo.:”>Dartmo.: New Hampshire College: The Land-Grant School in Hanover)
The Sheffield Scientific School at Yale was Connecticut’s landgrant school:
[Yale</a> Alumni Magazine: Old Yale](<a href=“http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2009_03/old_yale.html]Yale”>http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2009_03/old_yale.html)
[A</a> Brief History of Yale :: Resources on Yale History](<a href=“Manuscripts & Archives | Yale University Library”>Manuscripts & Archives | Yale University Library)</p>

<p>Most people don’t know this, but the field of home economics, usually associated with landgrant universities, was offered at the University of Chicago until 1956:
[“On</a> Equal Terms”: Educating Women at the University of Chicago >](<a href=“http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/webexhibits/OnEqualTerms/HomeEconomics.html]"On”>http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/webexhibits/OnEqualTerms/HomeEconomics.html)</p>

<p>Harvard had a vet school in the late 19th century: [Harvard</a> Drops Veterinary School. - Article - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F16FB3D5811738DDDA80A94D9415B808CF1D3]Harvard”>Harvard Drops Veterinary School. - The New York Times).
It also had an ag school: [FARMING</a> AT HARVARD. - THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION–A SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. - Article - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E16FD345D10738DDDA80894DA405B8684F0D3]FARMING”>FARMING AT HARVARD.; THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION--A SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. - The New York Times)
Of course, Penn still has a vet school.</p>

<p>MIT had a department of food science: [MIT</a> SCHOOL OF SCIENCE](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/science/about/history.html]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/science/about/history.html)</p>

<p>Stanford had the Food Research Institute, mostly focused on agricultural economics: [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/group/FRI/fri/]Home[/url”&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/group/FRI/fri/]Home[/url</a>]</p>

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<p>Wow!! That’s good to know! I certainly did not know all that!! Thanks for sharing, zapfino!! :)</p>

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<p>And the point of this thread is???</p>

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<p>^^ Thanks for the bump, morrismm!!! This thread is for the celebration of 150-years of Morrill Act, and a handful of Land-Grant schools which I consider offer top-quality education today. Obviously, zapfino’s post was the ‘icing on the cake’ as I inadvertently got to learn more about its related historical past.</p>

<p>[Spartan</a> Innovations - YouTube](<a href=“Spartan Innovations - YouTube”>Spartan Innovations - YouTube)</p>

<p>Go Green! :)</p>

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<p>Nicely written article!! The author did state that he used CC as his source and reference!! :p</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.educatedquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ohio-State-Profile.pdf[/url]”>http://www.educatedquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ohio-State-Profile.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Go Bucks!! lol</p>

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<p>Sparkeye is the #1 osu fan</p>