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Article: An old dream in trouble; Land-grant universities; The plight of land-grant universities.(United States)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2001
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THE president of the University of Minnesota is not a happy man. Mark Yudof recently asked the state legislature for another $221m for his university. In a blustery fit of fiscal conservatism, Minnesota's governor, Jesse Ventura, said it should get only a quarter of that. As the legislature squabbles over its budget proposal, the Minnesota House's offer of $64m is only $8m above the governor's, and the Senate is prepared to stump up only $138m.
The University of Minnesota is one of 105 "land-grant" colleges established on land donated by the federal government to serve the good of America. Altogether they educate around 1.3m of America's current total of 15m ...