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The '''University of Rhode Island''' (or URI) is a [[Rhode Island]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/|title=About the University|format=HTML|language=English|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> The school has four campuses, the flagship is located in Kingston, Rhode Island. It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t3natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Tier 3|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

The '''University of Rhode Island''' (or URI) is a [[Rhode Island]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] chartered as the state's [[Agriculture|agricultural]] school in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/|title=About the University|format=HTML|language=English|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> The school has four campuses, the flagship is located in Kingston, Rhode Island. It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t3natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Tier 3|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

==History==

==History==

Rhode Island was a land grant college, meaning [[Morrill's Land Grant Act]] (which gave each state thirty thousand acres of public land to be sold, with the profits being directed to a university) funded it (although, initially the profits went to [[Brown University]], and did not shift to URI until 1894).<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/history_timeline.html|format=HTML|language=Enlish|title=URI History and Timeline|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> John H. Washburn was the school's first president.<ref name="history"/>

Rhode Island was a land grant college, meaning [[Morrill's Land Grant Act]] (which gave each state thirty thousand acres of public land to be sold, with the profits being directed to a university) funded it (although, initially the profits went to [[Brown University]], and did not shift to URI until 1894).<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/history_timeline.html|format=HTML|language=Enlish|title=URI History and Timeline|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> John H. Washburn was the school's first president.<ref name="history"/>