land-grant college
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of land-grant college
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Arizona was founded as a land-grant college, like so many of the original Big Eight schools.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023
You can also do a Web search for your state and the words “carpenter bees” and “extension,” to get advice vetted by your state’s land-grant college or university.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022
Still, many at the university have clung to its roots as a rural land-grant college that drew students from farms and small towns around Texas and sent them on to military service.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2018
A land-grant college still surrounded by greenhouses, orchards, fields of corn.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2013
It is rather, says President Hannah, "a recognition of the basic philosophy of a land-grant college, which after all was the first college for the people."
From Time Magazine Archive
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