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
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
When it was founded in 1870 as a land-grant college, one of its main jobs was to help farmers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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