An Unacknowledged Legacy: Land Grant Colleges and the Dispossession of American Indians

Описание: Land grant colleges are lauded for opening up access to higher education to more people, and have been referred to as “the people’s colleges.” But where did that “public” land come from? Dr. Margaret Nash, professor in the Graduate School of Education, argues that, as great as land grant colleges are, they also must be seen as part of the process of Western migration of (mostly) whites, and the appropriation of land from native peoples.
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