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Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
Established federal funding for higher education in every state. -
Land Grant Universities
An institution that was designed by its state legislature or Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Act. Colleges of agriculture is intertwined with the history of higher education. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas & University of Arkansas Pine Bluff -
Hatch Act
Authorized strengthening the capacity of land-grant universities to research agricultural problems faced by rural citizens. -
W.O. Atwater
Known for his studies of human nutrition and invented the respiration calorimeter. -
Caroline Hunt
The first professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin. -
Ellen Richards
Founded the American Home Economics Association. -
Chartered
The American Home Economics Association was chartered. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
Federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services that is connected to the land grant universities. It helped farmers learn new agricultural techniques. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Promoted vocational education in agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking, and provided federal funds for this purpose. -
The Symbol
The American Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamp as a symbol for the association. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
Established broadened objectives and enlarged appropriations but did not tie funds to performance. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Put in place to correct the problem of discrimination against people with disabilities in the United States. -
Vocational Education Amendment of 1976
The purpose was to overcome sex discrimination/bias. -
Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984
Aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. First authorized by the government at this time. -
Carl Perkins Act of 1990
Reauthorized by the government. -
Named Changed
The organization changed its name to the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. -
Carl Perkins Act of 2006
Reauthorized by the government. -
Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008
Took the place of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.