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land grant

A grant of public lands by the government, usually for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges.

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SANGHAR -- Thousands of acres agricultural land granted to landless peasants in 2004 in Sanghar district was cancelled and reverted to government on Friday.

Land grant to landless peasants cancelled

"Separate and Unequal: The Evolution of a Black Land Grant in Maryland, 1890-1930." Maryland Historical Magazine 72: 110-17.

NEITHER JUST NOR EQUITABLE. Race in the Congressional Debate of the Second Morrill Act of 1890

Land Grant Surveyors, or LGS, is part ofELA Group Inc., an engineering and architectural firm based in Lititz.

Lancaster County surveying companies merge

Land grant but unequal: State one-to-one match funding for 1890 land-grant universities.

1890 Land-Grant University Extension: A Content Analysis of Accessibility and Online Presence

But also I think that some public universities have lost the spirit of the land grant act, which stated that these universities were supposed to be for the sons and daughters of farmers and mechanics--meaning working-class and middle-class people.

'New American University' fueled by scale, speed and diversity: Arizona State president sees an inclusive, tech-heavy higher ed model for a new time

To be sure, Cooperative Extension has played a central role in outreach activities conducted by land grant universities, and it has a well-deserved reputation for effectively translating research knowledge into practical applications.

The new rural-urban interface: lessons for higher education

During pre-state days, the area now called New Mexico was populated by Spanish-speaking sheepherders and farmers living on under large common-property land grants. But after the US-Mexican War, corrupt US federal officials aided in a pattern of land speculation that dispossessed land grant holders of their common property.

Properties of violence; law and land grant struggle in northern New Mexico

Most of the nations in the world adopted the Land Grant System to beat this habit of their politicians.

Agriculture universities: Going back to basics

He has helped to forge a number of partnerships and collaborative efforts involving land grant and 1890 institutions and others while striving to raise income levels for small-scale farmers and improve the economic viability of small- farm enterprises.

USDA's Lewis wins honor

Although the grant was applied for through the Conservation Commission as required by LAND grant guidelines, the matching money to pay for the purchase of the land will be provided by the Community Preservation Committee.

Town to preserve 97 acres in the watershed for Quabbin

Entities eligible for grant funds include municipalities, counties, tribes, land grant communities, cooperative associations and solid waste authorities.

NMED awards grants for recycling, dumping projects

Kathryn Boor has been named dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, New York's Land Grant university in Ithaca, effective July 1.