Land-Grant Universities for the Future : Higher Education for the Public Good /

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"Land-Grant Colleges and Universities occupy a special place in the landscape of American higher education. The concept of publicly funded agricultural and technical educational institutions began in the mid-nineteenth century with the Morrell Act that established grants of land to support thes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gavazzi, Stephen M. (Autor), Gee, E. Gordon (Elwood Gordon), 1944- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Magrath, C. Peter (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
State universities and colleges.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Agricultural education.
Agricultural colleges.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Enseignement superieur > Finalites > États-Unis.
Enseignement agricole > États-Unis.
Écoles d'agriculture > États-Unis.
Universites d'État > États-Unis.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Agricultural education > United States.
Agricultural colleges > United States.
State universities and colleges > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / C. Peter Magrath
  • The land-grant study, campus-community relationships, and the servant university
  • The land grant institution and mission in service to communities
  • Land grant strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
  • The impact of governing boards, elected officials, and accrediting bodies
  • The critical role of the faculty
  • Our students: vanguard into the community
  • Charting the future of American public education.

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