Abstract:
In 1862 the passage of the Morrill Act, which offered the opportunity for the establishment of at least one Land-Grant university in each state, signaled a change for American higher education. Prior to this time the higher educational options were largely (although not exclusively) reserved for the more elite social classes and not for the so-called "industrial classes" as were specifically provided for in the Act. The higher education academic offerings had heretofore been almost completely confined to the classical arts and sciences-type courses. The Morrill Act committed the expanding nation to a mass higher education sponsored in public universities. It also was the first time that federal support was to be used for specific rather than general purposes.
Keywords:
land-grant, vocational education
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