Revitalizing Land Grant Universities: It's Time To Regain Relevance
Revitalizing Land Grant Universities: It's Time To Regain Relevance
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振兴赠地大学:是时候重新获得相关性了
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1986
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G. Schuh
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G. Schuh
T he land grant universities have lost dleir way. Faculties have become introverted in dleir disdplines. Orner institutions have emulated me land grant concept, and many in some respects do a better job of erving society dlatl do our traditional land grant universities. And while society has changed very gready, land gratlt universities have found it difficult to relate to new and Chatlged social conditions. For me e institutions to be relevant to me problems of sodety, mey need major changes in dleir programs. But, for a variety of reasons many land grant universities find memselves paralyzed. Somewhat surprisingly eadl univerSity considers its particular problems unique. This is not me case. The irnportatlt problems are systemic. A Great 19th Century Innovation TIle concept of me land grant university was one of dle great institutional innovations of me 19m Century. As an in trument of economic development, me land grant universities have served dUs country exceedingly well. Moreover, dley are widely respected abroad, and in many counu-ies mere have been, and continue to be, attempts to emulate mem. The land grants were created in response to me elitism and linUted rele-