land-grant college

American  

[land-grant, -grahnt] / ˈlændˌgrænt, -ˌgrɑnt /

noun

1. a U.S. college or university land-grantuniversity entitled to support from the federal government under the provisions of the Morrill Acts.

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Etymology

Origin of land-grant college

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Arizona was founded as a land-grant college, like so many of the original Big Eight schools.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023

Instead of that dismal fate, his mother arranges for her son to attend a land-grant college in Kansas — and accompanies her son to school.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

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