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Almost every state has a land grant college, and the best way to recognize one is if the name of the school has “state” in it. But what is their significance? And why is it important for Oregon State University? Land grants, in their original form, were given to each state to teach agricultural sciences,...
RACHEL HOPPE: Hi, I’m Rachel Hoppe and you’re listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. In this episode, I explored the university’s history as a land grant institution, as well as learned from other students about their own understanding of the concept. According to the Association of Public and...
(The Center Square) — Virginia and Maryland were among 16 states that received letters from the U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture denoting underfunding of their land-grant historically Black colleges
Tennessee State University supporters and the state government continue to find themselves in a quagmire as both parties have recognized that the historic Black college was underfunded.
The “separate but equal” doctrine is a mindset of inequality and injustice that never intended to have a society with equal provisions and conditions for the education of Black students on either the K through 12 or collegiate level. For decades, unequal funding forced HBCUs to function without adequate resources for campus infrastructure, research and development, and student support services. The current disparity in financial support shows that HBCUs are often seen as an after-thought, and in other cases, a continuation of the “separate but equal” mindset where states’ rights perp...