ABSTRACT
The American land-grant college was the result of several Acts of Congress. A strong plea for the further development of the land-grant philosophy in the Third World was presented at Wingspread by Abelardo Samonte. Certainly University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB) represents a major success in adapting the concept of the land-grant university to the problems of development in a milieu not strictly limited to agricultural issues. UPLB has attempted to encourage awareness of alternatives in higher education by the establishment of technical institutes to supply middle-level manpower. The land-grant principle remains a potent force for innovation, both in America and overseas. The idea of applying the land-grant approach to problems other than agriculture is widespread. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is an example of a new campus that has adopted a novel structure in an attempt to orient itself positively toward education to solve emerging problems through interdisciplinarity.
