tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465874062213929610.post4533497954396983794..comments2024-03-28T00:26:33.429-07:00Comments on Chris's Blog Archives: LA Times Readers on Differential Fees: It's CrazyChris Newfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078395415386100872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465874062213929610.post-79489083006676704132009-10-15T11:21:47.411-07:002009-10-15T11:21:47.411-07:00UC Berkeley at least started as a land-grant unive...UC Berkeley at least started as a land-grant university. THe whole reason the US government created the land grant universities was to create more engineers and agronomists. The takeover of the university by liberal arts (which was originally created to provide social markers for the idle rich) is a more recent development.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528751349030084532noreply@blogger.com