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***PRESS RELEASE: Association of Public Land-Grant Universities

Launches National Impact Database***

Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Launches National Impact
Database
Launch of database will make impact statements from Land-Grant
Universities more accessible to public.


July 1, 2014


[City, State]The Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) is
launching the National Impact Database (NID), a platform through which the
general public and authorized employees of land-grant universities can
access member universities impact statements and learn more about the
universities research and extension programs..

The NID will provide one voice for the research and extension arms of the
land-grant university system as well as help those who have invested in
these institutions learn more about the positive effects of the research and
extension programs . The database, with a consolidated list of the Land-
Grant Universities, will also enable users to better navigate through the
statements.

The Land-Grant University system is a uniquely American institution and has operated
successfully for more than a century, said -----. This website documents and
demonstrates the collective and individual impacts of this national system of joint
teaching, research, and extension institutions.

The Land-Grant University system, founded in 1860, is an institute of higher
education in the United States. It focuses on the teaching of practical
agriculture, science and engineering.


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