Arkansas State University is designated and directed to provide for and to participate in the educational training activities which have been or are designated, and in the funds appropriated therefor, by the federal government for the support of educational programs, for the improved preparation of teachers, both general and vocational, for the support of the Civilian Conservation Corps and Farm Security Administration or other federal agencies engaged in agricultural conservation service, for transportation of children, for improved housing, for night schools, for noncredit educational service, for rural libraries, for vocational guidance, for experimentation and research, for educational planning and demonstrations, and such other federal and state funds as may be provided for the improvement of the administration and facilities of education in the public schools of Arkansas at the elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels.