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Cornell University (designated on April 27, 1865) [5] (Cornell is a private university with four statutory colleges, supported by the State of New York; however all of its colleges help to fulfill its land-grant mission.) The original land-grant designee was the People's College in Havana, New York, from 1863 to 1865. [20]
Logo for the centennial of land-grant universities. A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, [1] or a beneficiary under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. [2]
Morrill Land-Grant Acts; Other short titles: Land-Grant Agricultural and Mechanical College Act of 1862: Long title: An Act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Nicknames: Morrill Act of 1862: Enacted by: the 37th United States Congress ...
According to historian Robert Lee [1] and the other authors of the report "Land-Grab Universities, a High Country News Investigation" (2020), lands subject to the unratified treaties were taken by the United States government and sold to fund the land-grant universities established by the Morill Land-Grant Act of 1862. [2] [3]
The ranchos of Los Angeles County were large-scale land grants made by the governments of Spain and Mexico between 1784 and July 7, 1846, to private individuals within the current boundary lines (last adjusted in 1919) of Los Angeles County in California, United States.
The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last month it would make it harder to respond to emergencies.
An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025. California ...
Pages in category "Universities and colleges in Los Angeles County, California" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .