A ShortIncomplete History and Development of Agricultural Education

A Short/Incomplete History and Development of Agricultural Education

Objectives Identify important legislation affecting and effecting agricultural education in the U. S. Discuss that legislation that created and expanded secondary agricultural education Analyze the mission of land grant universities and compare it to “other” university’s missions Identify 20 1862 and 5 1890 Morrill Act Institutions and describe 1994 Morrill Act

A Few Significant Acts Impacting Agricultural Education Morrill Hatch Morrill Act of 1862 Act of 1887 Act of 1890 (and Morrill Act of 1994) Smith-Lever Act of 1914 Smith-Hughes 1928 / Public Vocational Law 81 -740 of 1950 https: //prezi. com/e 8 dhkfhpovsb/public-law-81 -740/ Education Act of 1963 Elementary Perkins Act of 1917 and Secondary Education Act(s) of 1965, NCLB, etc Act(s) of 1984, 1998, 2006

The Morrill Acts allowed for creating land grant universities. How did these acts DO that? What is a Land Grant University? Where have you seen this sign?

Three Primary Functions of Land Grant Universities (MISSION) Service/ Extension/ Outreach Teaching Research/ Discovery

Pulling it together…. How are these acts related? Smith. Hughes Act Smith. Lever Act Morrill Acts Hatch Act

Pulling it together…. How are these acts related? Smith-Hughes Act • Agricultural Education in Schools Smith-Lever Act • Cooperative Extension Service Morrill Acts Hatch Act • Land Grant Universities • Research / Discovery Experiment Stations

Knowing about our history can help direct us in the future. Don’t forget your ROOTS!

Today, we. . . Discussed legislation that created and expanded secondary and higher agricultural education Analyzed the land grant mission relative to our university Identified the Morrill Act Institutions