The Morrill Act of 1862 set up a land-grant university in each state aimed at making education available to the children of the working class.
It's true that he met with Osama," the son said in an interview, "but my father wanted to discuss setting up a polytechnic university.
He intended to set up a university.
He was also instrumental in setting up a national university in Silchar, Assam.
The longing to give a wider chance for people to get higher education encouraged the officials of this association to set up a university.
Established in 2005, the university is started as a result of the Singapore Government mandate to set up a private university for working adults.
Many Hindu leaders were not happy with the government's intention to set up a university at Dhaka.
He was willing to invest his new celebrity in that and other causes, like a drive to set up a Hebrew university in Jerusalem.
After the war the Army set up a university there and local people did the cooking.
He set up a European-staffed university and supported a public education program for rural male children.