Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt: The Origins of the Morrill Act and the Reform of Higher Education
Nathan M. Sorber, "Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt: The Origins of the Morrill Act and the Reform of Higher Education"
English | ISBN: 1501715178 | 2018 | 258 pages | PDF | 11 MB
English | ISBN: 1501715178 | 2018 | 258 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Clearly written and compellingly argued, Nathan Sorber's Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt should be read by every land-grant institution graduate and faculty and staff member, and by all high government officials who deal with public higher education.― Times Higher Education
Sorber's history of the movement and society of the time provides an original framework for understanding the origins of the land-grant colleges and the nationwide development of these schools into the twentieth century.
The land-grant ideal at the foundation of many institutions of higher learning promotes the sharing of higher education, science, and technical knowledge with local communities. This democratic and utilitarian mission, Nathan M. Sorber shows, has always been subject to heated debate regarding the motivations and goals of land-grant institutions. In
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