Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972-Part 4B-The Role of Land-Grant Colleges
Author: Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, 92nd Congress
Date Published: 1972
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., during the 92nd Congress on "Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972." The testimony contained within this volume is concerned with the Role of Land Grant Colleges. Our hearings today and tomorrow bring us to the Nation's land-grant colleges and their role in the life of rural America. The question before us is whether this vast system of education, research, and extension is working for or against the cause--livable communities in rural America. In short, our question is whether our land-grant colleges with their great resources of manpower and talent; with their budgets totaling nearly three quarters of a billion dollars each year; with their far-flung network of research stations and educational services; with their almost unlimited potential for impact on our rural life--are part of the solution, or part of the problem. In these 2 days, we will be asking some candid questions about the land-grant college system: Who are the real beneficiaries of land-grant college efforts? Have land grant colleges conspired in the displacement and impoverishment of farmworkers? Have they shown a sense of responsibility for solving the problems caused by mechanized and large-scale corporate farming? Have the land-grant colleges lived up to their historic mission in rural America--to serve all the people of the Nation?
Date Published: 1972
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., during the 92nd Congress on "Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972." The testimony contained within this volume is concerned with the Role of Land Grant Colleges. Our hearings today and tomorrow bring us to the Nation's land-grant colleges and their role in the life of rural America. The question before us is whether this vast system of education, research, and extension is working for or against the cause--livable communities in rural America. In short, our question is whether our land-grant colleges with their great resources of manpower and talent; with their budgets totaling nearly three quarters of a billion dollars each year; with their far-flung network of research stations and educational services; with their almost unlimited potential for impact on our rural life--are part of the solution, or part of the problem. In these 2 days, we will be asking some candid questions about the land-grant college system: Who are the real beneficiaries of land-grant college efforts? Have land grant colleges conspired in the displacement and impoverishment of farmworkers? Have they shown a sense of responsibility for solving the problems caused by mechanized and large-scale corporate farming? Have the land-grant colleges lived up to their historic mission in rural America--to serve all the people of the Nation?
