The Curriculum and Courses of Study at Connecticut Agricultural College During the Stimson Era, 1901-1908

Rufus W. Stimson served as president of Connecticut Agricultural from 1901-1908. During this time, he developed and promoted a six-year curriculum that brought the college closer to its natural constituency, practical farmers, and more in line with the standards set by the best of the other land-grant colleges. An examination of this curriculum offers important sightlines into a critical early stage of land-grant college development.Â