Talk:Sea grant colleges

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Why did this usage ever catch on?

The federal government did not give ("grant") coastline or through the sale of shores shore up money for these universities. This is what the term "land-grant" meant: the donation or sale of federal lands with the land or proceeds used to create a university for the public interest.

Similarly, the federal government did not give "space" to universities to establish "space universities."

I for one found the name of this article useful since UNH advertised themselves as a "sea-grant college." You can still merge if you'd like, but I've found this page useful. --Wagontrail 21:38, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I find this article useful as well. It is a program unto itself and while similar to sea grant, shouldn't be confused. No need to merge --Rtphokie 20:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)