Land-grant college

Japanese: land-grant college(英語表記)landgrantcollege
Land-grant college

…Under this law, each state was given 30,000 acres (about 12,000 ha) of public land or public land certificates for each member of the House of Representatives, and the sale of these land was used to establish universities to teach agriculture and technology. These universities were called A and M (agricultural and mechanical) colleges or land-grant colleges, and many of them eventually grew into state universities. In 1890, the same Morrill proposed that these universities be given $25,000 in federal funds per year. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "land-grant college" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この法の下で,各州は連邦議会上下両院議員1人当り3万エーカー(約1万2000ha)の公有地,または公有地証券を与えられ,その売却収入を資金に,農業および技術を教える大学を設立した。これらの大学は〈A and M(agricultural and mechanicalの略)カレッジ〉あるいは〈ランド・グラント・カレッジland‐grant college〉と呼ばれ,その多くはやがて州立大学へ成長していった。また,1890年には,同じモリルの提唱によって,これらの大学に年間2万5000ドルの連邦資金が与えられることになった。…

※「land-grant college」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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