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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 461711" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>“Institute” is just a name. The state knew we needed jobs after/during reconstruction, and we carbon copied Worcester Polytechnic Institute out of Massachusetts. If they’d been named “Worcester University” we would have a different name too.</p><p>Land grant doesn’t have anything to do with the mission of a school. MIT is a land grant university; that was just a 19th century fund raising option. It just means you sold federally granted land to endow pay for the school. Georgia Tech was just paid for differently.</p><p>GT has a mission to be a great technology school, but that’s not in total conflict with having a great football team. Our research dollars have to be used for research—there are strings attached—but the AT money can be used to build a great athletic program, and if that’s most important to you then it’s a great place to put your money. That’s why Peterson “doesn’t put more money into the athletic department”. The place they can and do is student athletic fees.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 461711, member: 282"] “Institute” is just a name. The state knew we needed jobs after/during reconstruction, and we carbon copied Worcester Polytechnic Institute out of Massachusetts. If they’d been named “Worcester University” we would have a different name too. Land grant doesn’t have anything to do with the mission of a school. MIT is a land grant university; that was just a 19th century fund raising option. It just means you sold federally granted land to endow pay for the school. Georgia Tech was just paid for differently. GT has a mission to be a great technology school, but that’s not in total conflict with having a great football team. Our research dollars have to be used for research—there are strings attached—but the AT money can be used to build a great athletic program, and if that’s most important to you then it’s a great place to put your money. That’s why Peterson “doesn’t put more money into the athletic department”. The place they can and do is student athletic fees. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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