But that college was the first to officially agree to receive support under the Morrill Act.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

July is the 150th anniversary of one of the most influential pieces of legislation in American education history, the Morrill Act.

FORBES: Happy Birthday to the Morrill Act

The Morrill Act represents a dramatic and necessary change to the face of the American education system by making it much more democratic.

FORBES: Happy Birthday to the Morrill Act

" Justice Kennedy, the court's great middle man, puckishly noted: "The Marshall Plan was very good, too, the Morrill Act, the Northwest Ordinance, but times change.

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