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In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, which created the U.S. land grant institution system. Under this act, at least 30,000 acres of federal land was awarded to each state to support public institutions of post-secondary education. Revenue from the land was used to establish and support the institutions so that tuition would not be out of reach of the “industrial classes”. The Hatch Act, passed in 1887, established the Agricultural Experiment Stations (AES) within the land grant institutions and currently supports research in agricultural-related areas as well as rural community development and societal issues. The Smith Lever Act, passed in 1914, mandated outreach to the public through Cooperative Extension, another component of the land grant institutions. Through these funding mechanisms, the 106 land grant institutions that now exist in the U.S. provide education, research and outreach to citizens in every state and U.S. territory. Utah’s land grant institution is Utah State University, located in Logan, Utah. This institution upholds the land grant mission by providing education, basic and applied research, and a variety of outreach programs across the state.
