History In Five Minutes Podcast

HFM 065 | How Iowa Conquered the World, Part 2: The State that Created the Global University System

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Synopsis

Did you graduate from college? Whether it was in America, the UK, Turkey, Brazil, or Kazakhstan, there is a strong chance that the direct inspiration for your university is Iowa State University -- considered by coastal elites as a forgettable farm college. How did this university -- which literally started out as a large farm house that housed two dozen students who split their time between tilling the soil and learning about crop rotation --  create the global system of higher education? Like this podcast? Click here to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes