industrial education, home economics, math-
ematics, music education, physical education,
social sciences education, and sociology.
Minor areas include economics, foreign lan-
guages, political science and physics. The
initial years of nursing and pharmacy are
offered at UMES.
University College has its administrative
headquarters and its conferences and insti-
tutes center at College Park. As stated
above, University College administers the
adult and continuing education programs of
the University of Maryland with fiscally self-
supporting courses and programs offered in
the late afternoon and evening on the
several campuses, and at off-campus centers
throughout the State of Maryland. Univer-
sity College also maintains overseas centers
for United States military personnel and
civilians logistically supported by U. S gov-
ernment agencies abroad in the European,
Atlantic and Far East Divisions. In addition,
University College, through its Conferences
and Institutes Division, has an extensive
series of non-credit adult courses, seminars,
workshops, and institutes. University Col-
lege is the State Agency for Title 1 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, administer-
ing cooperative programs between Maryland
colleges and universities and their commu-
nities. Since 1972 University College has
operated an "open university" program in
cooperation with the Open University of
Great Britain.
Each campus operates one or more sum-
mer sessions.
The Graduate School embraces all of the
graduate programs of the University with
liaison among the campuses maintained by
a Vice President for Graduate Studies and
Research, and through the President's Ad-
visory Committee for Graduate Studies and
Research.
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION
The Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station was established following passage
of the Federal Hatch Act in 1887. The Act
made available to the states grants-in-aid
for the conduct of research pertaining to |
agriculture and now both State and Federal
funds support these activities. The adminis-
trative headquarters are located on the Col-
lege Park campus, as well as laboratories
for research in the animal and plant sciences,
agricultural engineering, agricultural and re-
source economics, rural sociology, and home
and consumer economics. Provisions are
made for maintenance of experimental
herds, flocks, field and tree plots and for
investigations of soils, insect and disease
control (Chapter 55, Acts of 1888 as
amended).
Research is conducted at nine locations
throughout the State with particular atten-
tion to the type of farming dominant in the
respective locations. "These include the
Plant Research Farm near Fairland in Mont-
gomery County, the Tobacco Research Farm
near Upper Mariboro in Prince Georges
County, Fruit Research at Hancock in
Washington County, the Dairy-Agronomy
Research Farm near Ellicott City, a Horse
Research Farm near Jessup in Howard
County, and a Livestock Research Farm at
Springfield in Carroll County. Research on
vegetables, corn, soybeans and other field
crops is conducted at Wye Institute in
Queen Anne's County, at the Poplar Hill
Farm and at the Poultry-Vegetable Re-
search Farm near Salisbury in Wicomico
County. Broiler production research is also
conducted at the latter (Code 1957, 1970
Repl. Vol., Art. 66C, sees. 58-60; 1975
Repl. Vol., Art. 77A). Periodic conferences
with University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
administrators are held to coordinate pro-
grams and to prevent undesirable duplica-
tion of efforts.
EXTENSION SERVICE
The Cooperative Extension Service was
established by federal and state laws in
1914. It is supported by Federal, State and
County funds (Chapter 247, Acts of 1914).
In its role as the "off-campus out-of-class-
room" arm of the University of Maryland,
the Extension Service uses a number of dif-
ferent methods to offer its educational
programs including personal consultations,
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