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Meanings of land-grant college in English

Russian
университет
Portuguese
land-grant university
Spanish
institución de concesión de tierras
Catalan
land-grant university

Institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.

университет
Usage of land-grant college in English
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The land-grant college system, which gave land and then later money to create affordable colleges, marked its 150th anniversary this year.
Reuters
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State funding in particular has declined because of budget cuts to land-grant colleges.
Reuters
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These are all land-grant colleges with donations from the respective States in which they are located.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
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Extension offices were created by federal law in 1914 as part the nation's 106 land-grant colleges.
Reuters