Kansas State Agricultural College was the land-grant agricultural college established in Manhattan, Kansas, under the Morrill Act, teaching agriculture and the mechanic arts to Kansas farm families. It is the historical predecessor institution to modern Kansas State University.
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Capper attended Kansas State Agricultural College before his newspaper and political career.
Flinchbaugh was a longtime farm-policy economist at Kansas State University, historical successor to Kansas State Agricultural College.
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1. Kansas State University (Wikipedia)
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It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities, Very high research activity". Kansas State's academic offerings are administered through nine colleges, including the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Technology and Aviation in Salina.
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Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States.
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