Show educational plan A land grant college la Is an educational institution which derives at least a part of its income from the sales and rentals of lands granted to the various states for or educational purposes there have been several land grant laws the most important one however was passed about 1860 this law gave to each state acres of 0 land per representative in this way it if a state had ten representatives it would have acres of land the income of which was to be used in supporting a free education institution tor for the people of that state practically all the state universities of today are land grant colleges and there may be other institutions in the state such as technical and industrial schools which are practically supported in this manner also |