I'll get you a job. The professor meant what he said. Land-Grant universities aren't just for college students. Because these universities were designed and mandated by law to blend classroom teaching, research, and extension, education is extended beyond the campus, providing lifelong learning to citizens of every state.
Some students start their hands-on learning even before they come to college.
In a North Dakota State program, high school kids team with upper-level college students from coast to coast to develop skills. In Binghamton, New York, a European-inspired apprenticeship program launched by Cornell has more than 100 students from seven high schools serving as youth apprentices in 11 firms. Working their way through. There's nothing like real-world experience to give you a flying start in the job marketplace. Dairy Fellows at Cornell visit and analyze dairy farms and agribusiness operations, and at Mississippi State, students from eight states and two foreign countries took a cotton ginning course that gave them gin management education unavailable anywhere else in the world.