Authorization of D.C. Public Liberal Arts and Junior Colleges: Hearings, Before the Public Health, Education, Welfare, and Safety Subcommittee, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session. March 14, 15, and 24, 1966U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - 352 pages Considers S. 293 and S. 1612, to establish a Board of Higher Education in D.C., a four year college of arts and science into which D.C. Teacher's College would be merged, and establish a two year junior college. The board would be empowered to accredit other D.C. junior colleges. |
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... major improvement in the equaliza- tion of educational opportunities in the District of Columbia for the residents of the city . Mr. President , I am advised that during the next two decades it will be neces- sary to virtually double ...
... major improvement in the equaliza- tion of educational opportunities in the District of Columbia for the residents of the city . Mr. President , I am advised that during the next two decades it will be neces- sary to virtually double ...
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... major cities and in the States . " The evi- dence of his concern was the appointment of this Commit- tee , with the request that it examine and report on the following issues : Should the District of Columbia have publicly supported ...
... major cities and in the States . " The evi- dence of his concern was the appointment of this Commit- tee , with the request that it examine and report on the following issues : Should the District of Columbia have publicly supported ...
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... major cities in this country and with virtually all major European capitals . There are no general public institutions of higher education ( Howard University , with its independent board of trustees , is classified as a privately con ...
... major cities in this country and with virtually all major European capitals . There are no general public institutions of higher education ( Howard University , with its independent board of trustees , is classified as a privately con ...
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... major challenge that we face is the further evolution and improvement of a voluntary system of education , generated primarily by the efforts of the people themselves , working through their own leaders in communities and institutions ...
... major challenge that we face is the further evolution and improvement of a voluntary system of education , generated primarily by the efforts of the people themselves , working through their own leaders in communities and institutions ...
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... major employment need and will provide the base for the economic improvement of a large number of youth now unserved and untrained for productive careers . The Committee does not believe it either necessary or ap- propriate to prescribe ...
... major employment need and will provide the base for the economic improvement of a large number of youth now unserved and untrained for productive careers . The Committee does not believe it either necessary or ap- propriate to prescribe ...
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Page 2 - Each member shall hold office for a term of three years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and...
Page 2 - Education, which shall consist of nine members of whom not less than five shall have been residents of the District of Columbia for a period of not less than five years immediately prior to their appointments.
Page 79 - ... make that comment is that I don't think most people are fully appreciative of a very dramatic change that is going on before our very eyes but we don't see it yet, for we are in the midst of the new era of automation. I have been taking, as some of you may know, testimony for many weeks as chairman of the Subcommittee on Education of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee where we are coming to grips with this problem of the school dropout, which is a problem not of the unemployed but...
Page 2 - Is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor's degree or a two-year program in engineering, mathematics. or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician...
Page 12 - Education to plan, establish, organize, and operate a public community college and a public college of arts and sciences in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Page 24 - The Congress hereby finds that the security and welfare of the United States require that this and future generations of American youth be assured ample opportunity for the fullest development of their intellectual capacities, and that this opportunity will be jeopardized unless the Nation's colleges and universities are encouraged and assisted in their efforts to accommodate rapidly growing numbers of youth who aspire to a higher education.
Page 4 - Secretary, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 13 - Commissioners concur in the conclusions of the Presidential report concerning the need for a public community college and a public college of arts and sciences in the District of Columbia and believe that the provisions of the bill will meet these needs. Therefore, they strongly urge the enactment of the bill. The Commissioners have been advised by the Bureau of the Budget that there would be no objection to the submission of...
Page 148 - As stated in the report of the President's Committee on Public Higher Education in the District of Columbia — None of the five universities in the District addresses itself primarily to District residents.
Page 2 - ... in the public schools of the District of Columbia for a period of not less than two years after reinstatement from such leave of absence.