Land-grant universities for the future : higher education for the public good / Stephen M. Gavazzi a...
Land-grant universities for the future : higher education for the public good / Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee ; foreword by C. Peter Magrath.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
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G 2019/0186
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English
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xi, 202 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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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 cri...
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
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Maryland
Date Published
2018.
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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 these schools. They include four dozen of the largest and b...
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Land-grant universities for the future : higher education for the public good / Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee ; foreword by C. Peter Magrath.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/0186
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74VKV0z6QW7A
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9781421426853 hardcover alkaline paper
1421426854 hardcover alkaline paper
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378.05
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991024225019402626