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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM thinks Cornell is some kind of quasi public school because part of it is land grant, which is bizarre[/quote]

It literally contains a public school. 
Nothing bizarre about it. [/quote]

DP.  How does that work?  Do NY-ers get in-state tuition if they attend certain colleges at Cornell?[/quote]

Yes, some units of Cornell are called contract colleges.  Cornell charges a lower tuition rate to in-state students who are admitted to those colleges.  Because NY State subsidizes student attendance at those institutional units.  It's still very expensive at list price.

Contract colleges include the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, the College of Human Ecology, and College of Veterinary Medicine.

Historically, these schools were intended to educate professionals who went into practical fields like scientific farming, agribusiness, HR, management in the textile and garment industry, health care, etc.  Human Ecology was originally a program for women studying Home Economics.  My grandmother was a grad in the early 1930s.  She got a very rigorous college education and trained as a medical dietician.  She worked her way through school.

A lot of the "lesser Ivy" comments about Cornell go back to a time when it was considered tacky to be a salaried employee or a hands-on business person.  Somewhat the same as OP is asking about re: land grants.

I think this kind of class prejudice against "vocational majors" has died out a lot.  It's not a modern attitude.  Kids are going the opposite way now.  That's where "pre-professional vibe" comes in.  Some disdain that approach, but it makes a lot of sense when college costs so much.

I also don't feel people around me are very aware of the term "land grant".  I am Gen-X and I only learned about it because there was a commemorative US stamp in my childhood stamp album.  People are way more fixated on USNWR rankings and sports team success.[/quote]

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