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
*
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%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ext.wsu.edu/documents/landgrant.pdf&lt;/a>
Source: <a href="http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=780%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=780&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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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>