Land-grant universities: References & Edit History

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Article title updated for style. Nov 01, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Congress.gov - The U.S. Land-Grant University System: Overview and Role in Agricultural Research. May 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Congress.gov - The U.S. Land-Grant University System: Overview and Role in Agricultural Research. Mar 06, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The land-grant mission in the 21st century: promises made and promises to be kept. Dec 27, 2024
Add new Web site: The University of Arizona - Arizona Institute for Resilience - Entangled Pasts: Land-Grant Colleges and American Indian Dispossession. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The land-grant mission in the 21st century: promises made and promises to be kept. Oct 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Federation of American Scientists - The U.S. Land-Grant University System: Overview and role in agricultural research. Jun 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Purdue University - What is a land-grant university? Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Utah State University - Yard and Garden Extension - The Purpose and Benefit of Land-grant. Jul 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National Academies Press - Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities - History and Overview of the Land Grant College System. Apr 19, 2023
Add new Web site: StateUniversity.com - Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Mar 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Land-Grant Universities. Jan 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Washington State University - Extension - What is a Land-Grant College? Jan 18, 2017
Add new Web site: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities - Land-Grant University. Jan 18, 2017
In reference to legislative acts that appropriated funds to land-grant institutions, changed "1847" to "1887." Also revised discussion of the influence of land-grant colleges on American higher education. Nov 01, 2013
Added new Web site: Cornell University - Land Grant. May 01, 2009
Media added. Feb 18, 2008
Article revised. Aug 23, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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