Roots of Land-Grant colleges, MSU example

A lot of the power and aspiration for community outreach, extension services, and applied campus knowledge can be traced back to the early years.

The article from the Michigan State University newsletter digs into those formative years, https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/land-grant-roots

 - see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land-grant_university

and legislation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts