http://www.vt.edu/landgrant/essays/index.html en Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:49:10 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vt.edu/landgrant/essays/lincoln-morrill.html <p>On July 2, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a law that forever changed higher education in the United States. Called the Morrill Act, for Justin Smith Morrill, a Vermont Congressman who championed the bill, the law is recognized for revolutionizing higher education, as it provided each state with public lands to create universities specializing in agriculture, mechanics, and military tactics.</p> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:42:35 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/landgrant/essays/lincoln-morrill.html http://www.vt.edu/landgrant/essays/founding-virginia-tech.html <p>Every fall nearly 30,000 students descend upon Blacksburg to begin classes at Virginia Tech. In October 1872, when the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College first opened its doors, no one knew how many, if any, students would attend.</p> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:47:05 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/landgrant/essays/founding-virginia-tech.html