"Best" Colleges and their Greek Systems

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

All over the country, many public colleges and universities are land-grant institutions. Being a land grant institution is a legal status; it means the the institution was established pursuant to the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, under which a state was given federal land on the condition that the proceeds of the sale of that land be used to establish institutions that provided an education particularly in agricultural and "mechanical" studies. After the Civil War, a second Land-Grant Act (which granted cash instead of land) was aimed at insuring that former Confederate states would either not discriminate on the basis of race in land-grant institutions or would establish seperate land-grant institutions based on race.

Are all the state schools in Texas land-grant colleges?

Thanks for the explanation!!! I've heard it before, but I never remember the exact details.

I don't think all state schools in Texas are land grant. One school that comes to mind is Sam Houston State. It started out as a Teacher's College. And, Texas Southern U. It started out as Houston College for Negroes.

But, to keep track on the thread, I know that both schools have really great greek systems!!