While one of the members of the panel here this morning will comment in greater detail on the provisions of title IV, I would like to suggest to the subcommittee that some flexibility be allowed the institution in the development of the student aid "package." That is, if the institution has a loan program of its own which is comparable to the National Defense Education Act student loan program, and if it has a work-study program of its own, it should be permitted to use these elements of the student aid package and not be restricted to the National Defense Education Act student loans and to the Economic Opportunity Act work-study programs. With these general remarks, Mr. Chairman, I should like now to introduce the other members of the panel of witnesses. Speaking to title I-university extension and continuing education, will be Mr. William Bowden of the Southern Regional Education Board. As I noted earlier, we do not have a witness for title II-college libraries, since this ground will be covered in considerable detail by witnesses from the American Library Association. With respect to title III, we had hoped that Dr. Earl J. McGrath, executive officer of the Institute of Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, would be present to testify. Unfortunately, Dr. McGrath cannot be here this morning, so there will be no separate witness on title III; though I shall be happy to try to answer questions about relationships between well-established institutions and developing institutions drawing on our own experience at Indiana University and on my work as chairman of the American Council's Committee on Equality of Educational Opportunity. One of the reasons that we had hoped to have Dr. McGrath present is that he has just published a book, "The Predominantly Negro Colleges and Universities in Transition," which deals with some of the problems to which title III would be directed. For the information of the subcommittee, I have attached to this testimony a press release that summarizes the main findings of Dr. McGrath's new book. For title IV-student assistance, the speaked will be Mr. William Van Dusen, director of student financial aid for Wayne State University in Detroit. Also present with us is Mr. John F. Morse, director of the Commission on Federal Relations of the American Council on Education, who will not offer formal testimony but will be available to answer questions. With the permission of the chairman and members of the subcommittee I should like now to turn to Mr. Bowden for his comments on title I-university extension and continuing education. American Council on Education LOGAN WILSON, President The American Council on Education, founded in 1918, is a council of educational organizations and institutions. Its purpose is to advance education and educational methods through comprehensive voluntary and cooperative action on the part of American educational associations, organizations, and institutions. OFFICERS, 1964-65 WILLIAM FRIDAY, President, University of North Carolina; Chairman C. EASTON ROTHWELL, President, Mills College; Vice-Chairman FREDERICK H. BURKHARDT, President, American Council of Learned Societies; Secretary FRED S. VORSANGER, Business Manager, American Council on Education; Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILLIAM FRIDAY, Chairman, American Council on Education; ex officio GEORGE W. BEADLE, President, University of Chicago FREDERICK H. BURKHARDT, Secretary, American Council on Education; ex officio ROBERT K. CARR, President, Oberlin College FRED C. COLE, President, Washington and Lee University JAMES S. COLES, President, Bowdoin College EVAN R. COLLINS, President, State University of New York at Albany FRANK G. DICKEY, Executive Director, Southern Association of Colleges and OSCAR EDINGER, JR., President, Mount San Antonio College J. W. MAUCKER, President, State College of Iowa S. M. NABRIT, President, Texas Southern University PAUL L. O'CONNOR, S.J., President, Xavier University (Ohio) NATHAN M. PUSEY, President, Harvard University JOHN RITCHIE III, Dean, Law School, Northwestern University C. EASTON ROTHWELL, Vice-Chairman, American Council on Education; ex officio EDWARD W. STRONG, Chancellor (on leave), University of California, Berkeley SHARVY G. UMBECK, President, Knox College W. CLARKE WESCOE, Chancellor, University of Kansas LOGAN WILSON, President, American Council on Education; ex officio The material in this pamphlet is not copyrighted. It may be quoted and reproduced in the interest of education. Copies are available without charge from the Publications Division, American Council on Education, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 1965 Commitment To Expanding Opportunity SERVICE to community and Nation has long been accepted as a basic responsibility of American colleges and universities. In addition to seeking knowledge through research and imparting it through teaching, the institutions serve society by preparing each generation of youth for citizenship in a free society. Some measure of the success achieved by higher education in fulfilling this commitment is evident in the willingness of college graduates to serve in the Peace Corps, to act as tutors in slum schools, and to risk their lives for the rights of others. More than this, many institutions have steadily enlarged their commitments by giving a better education to vastly increased numbers of students; by reaching out to strengthen weaker institutions; and by seeking new ways to help potential students overcome social and economic disadvantages standing between them and a higher education. With the necessary resources made available to them, the Nation's colleges and universities stand ready to renew those commitments. Higher education of course shares this responsibility with elementary and secondary education. Thus, additional financial resources must be provided for all levels of education. Increased support must come from the traditional sources of funds-private, state, and local-and from the Federal Government as well. Federal resources should be used to improve the quality of education at all levels and to afford educational opportunity to those who can benefit from it. At the higher education level the Federal Government has already made a start by taking steps to provide funds for the construction of academic facilities and for support of an expanded national fellowship program to increase the number of college teachers. The need for expanded Federal assistance for undergraduate students is discussed below. Without such aid more and more students will be denied access to higher education, and the Nation will be deprived of the educated men and women whose talents it sorely needs and can ill afford to waste. It is in the elementary and secondary school that the potential college student must be identified and then encouraged to prepare for education beyond the high school, whether in a technical in |