It was the first institution of higher learning to be funded and overseen by a state government, and allowed more than the wealthy to attend.
Explanation:
The University of Georgia was founded on January 27, 1785, in Athens, Georgia. It is the first state-chartered university of the US, because of which it is often referred to as the birthplace of the American system of public higher education. It was incorporated by Georgia General Assembly, Georgia's state legislature, which gave the University of Georgia's Senatus Academicus (Latin for <em>Academic senate</em> - the governing body of some universities and colleges) needed resources to found an institution for learning. It was considered that there is no free government without educated citizenry and that the government must provide education to all of its citizens, regardless of their financial status. All had the right to education, the wealthy and the poor alike.
