From Rolling Stones to Cornerstones: Anchoring Land-Grant Education in the Counties through the Smith-Lever Act of 1914.

Fiske, Emmett P.

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Publication Date: 1989

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From Rolling Stones to Cornerstones: Anchoring Land-Grant Education in the Counties through the Smith-Lever Act of 1914.

Fiske, Emmett P.

Rural Sociologist, v9 n4 p7-14 Fall 1989

Traces the development of extension education from 1887 to the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. Focuses on the roles of U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry and the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations in fostering federal legislation that established the Cooperative Extension System. (SV)

Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Institutional Role, Land Grant Universities, Lobbying, Postsecondary Education, Rural Education, Rural Extension

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Smith Lever Act

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