Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (UNL–NCTA) is a public

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Curtis, Nebraska Curtis is a city in Frontier County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 939 at the 2010 census. Curtis describes itself as "Nebraska's Easter City", and presents an annual pageant on Palm Sunday. The Nebraska College of Technical Agr ...

. It is part of the

University of Nebraska system The University of Nebraska system is the public university system in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system has four university campuses and operates a two-year technical agriculture college and a hi ...

History

The

Nebraska Legislature The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", the Nebraska Legislature is the sma ...

passed a bill to establish a Nebraska School of Agriculture as a

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for high school students in 1911. Curtis was selected as the site for the new school, over 11 other applicants in the state. Classes began in 1913.Technical Agriculture Education in Curtis, Nebraska
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (2013). In the 1960s, the Nebraska Legislature passed legislation to convert the school to a post-secondary agriculture school, the University of Nebraska School of Technical Agriculture (UNSTA). The college opened in 1965. UNSTA was adopted by the

as the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis in 1994.

Academics

Students at the college may seek A.A.S. degree, A.S. degrees, or certificates in

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management, agriculture production systems or

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Campus

NCTA and its earlier institutions have continually operated with business offices and the administration located in the first building on campus, Agriculture Hall at 404 East 7th Street, Curtis.

References

External links

Official website
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