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Introduction : reconsidering the origins and early years of the land-grant college movement
Experimentation in antebellum higher education
Justin Morrill, the Land-Grant Act of 1862, and the birth of the land-grant colleges
The land-grant reformation
The new middle class and the state college ideal
Progressivism and the rise of extension
Coeducation and land-grant women
Conclusion : land-grant memories, legacies, and horizons.
Experimentation in antebellum higher education
Justin Morrill, the Land-Grant Act of 1862, and the birth of the land-grant colleges
The land-grant reformation
The new middle class and the state college ideal
Progressivism and the rise of extension
Coeducation and land-grant women
Conclusion : land-grant memories, legacies, and horizons.