Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

A Foundation for Sustainable Rural Community Development

The National Vocational Education (Smith-Hughes) Act

• CLC home page
• Introduction
• Report

Summary

• Purpose
• Commissioners
• Survey & Hearings
• Prominent Deficiencies
• Underlying Problem
• Migration
• Agriculture Challenges
• Public Health
• Role of Farm Women
• Conservation & Land Use
• General Corrective Forces
• Commission Recommendations
• Legislative Recommendations
• Remedies
• The Call for Leadership

Legacy

• American Country Life Association
• Rural Sociology
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• Highways
• Agricultural Economics

Resources

• Bibliography
• Web Resources
• Timeline

The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 provided federal funds to states for vocational education. The payments were used for training in agriculture, family and consumer sciences, and trade and industries. States must submit plans to the federal government to be eligible