District of Columbia owned properties sufficiently large to accommodate an institution of higher learning, including pertinent facts concerning each of them (submitted by Department of General Administration of the District of Columbia, Administrative Services Office) - District of Columbia Teachers College, resolution dated January 11, 1966, Douglas, Hon. Paul H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, letter dated March 15, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting Senate bills Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Hyattsville, Md., James L. Ewalt, minister, letter dated March 23, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse supporting Edwards, Rev. Mr. Paul R., senior minister, Wheaton Presbyterian Church, Wheaton, Md., letter dated March 18, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse supporting pending legislation on establishment of junior college and 4-year college of liberal arts and sciences in the District of Columbia. Ellenberger, J. S., chairman, District of Co.umbia Library__Association Legislative Committee, telegram dated March 13, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, endorsing proposal for 2-year public junior college in D.C. Grant, Dr. Murray, Director of Public Health, District of Columbia, letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting S. 293 Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade, William H. Press, executive vice president, letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse sup- porting proposed legislation for public community college National Association of the Physically Handicapped, Inc., Delbert Phillips, chairman, Architectural Barriers Committee, National Capital Chapter, letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, endorsing S. 293 National Education Association, John M. Lumley, director, Division of Federal Relations, letter dated March 29, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, Organizations supporting S. 293, list Petition signed by citizens of the District of Columbia re: 1. The establishment of a Washington City university. 2. The allocation of all or some part of the acreage on which the National Training School for Boys is located for the purpose of developing a public university in and for the District of Columbia.. Policies plan diagram, Northeast Washington- - - Shugars, Caroline L.; president, District of Columbia Association of School Librarians, letter dated March 13, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, supporting S. 293 and S. 1612... Specifics plan, Northeast Washington. Speech by Senator Wayne Morse to Senate, August 5, 1964, introducing S. 3081, a bill to establish a public community college and public college of arts and sciences in the District of Columbia_ Speh, Francis J., president District of Columbia Department, American Spratt, Zack, letter dated March 24, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse re com- 121 333 Waugaman, Paul G., letter dated March 15, 1966, to Hon. Wayne Morse, 329 Young Women's Christian Association of the National Capital Area, 352 IV. CHARTS AND TABLES Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Comparison by State of personal income per capita and expenditure for higher education per capita Number and percent of public high school pupils in grade 9 in 1961-62 who graduated in 1964-65, and total first time enrollment in higher education, fall 1965, by State.. Percentages of 1963 Los Angeles high school graduates enrolled in higher education analyzed by the median family income of the re- Percentages of female high school graduates who did not enter college within 1 year after completing grade 12, by aptitude percentile and Percentages of male high school graduates who did not enter college within 1 year after completing grade 12, by aptitude percentile and Number of graduates, number of college enrollees, and percentage of Number of 10th- and 12th-grade pupils, number and percentage of gradu- Percentage of families in the District of Columbia which have annual in- 95 94 98 99 Population and fees of District of Columbia institutions of higher learning, 300 State and municipal colleges and universities, methods of selecting members 71 AUTHORIZATION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBERAL ARTS AND JUNIOR COLLEGES (S. 293 and S. 1612) MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1966 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, The subcommittee met at 9 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 6226, Senate Office Building, Senator Wayne Morse (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Morse and Kennedy. Also present: Chester Smith, staff director; Richard Judd, professional staff member. Senator MORSE. The hearing will come to order. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Health, Education, Welfare, and Safety, I wish to express my sincerest apology for not finding the necessary time long before now to schedule hearings on S. 293 and S. 1612. Both bills establish a public junior college and a 4-year liberal arts college for the District of Columbia. The pace that the chairman of this subcommittee has had to keep in recent months on other matters vital to the interests of this Nation, has precluded my holding hearings on this legislation, as I would have desired to have done early last year. As most of you probably already know, I introduced legislation to establish these public institutions of higher learning for the District of Columbia on March 5, 1964. I introduced the legislation, S. 3081, late in the 2d session of the 88th Congress. This was done in order that public officials and interested groups within this community would have an opportunity to study and discuss the legislation prior to the 1st session of the 89th Congress. On January 6, 1965, I reintroduced a similar bill, S. 293. On March 25, 1965, Senator Bible introduced in the Senate, by request of the administration, S. 1612. I am pleased that the administration saw fit to pattern S. 1612 closely to the bill I introduced in 1964 and 1965. I am also pleased that several distinguished members of the Senate have cosponsored my bill, S. 293. They are: Senators Clark, Douglas, Gruening, McGee, McIntyre, Mrs. Neuberger, Kennedy of New York, Tydings, Yarborough, Young of Ohio, and Prouty. I wish to have incorporated in the hearing record at this point S. 293 and S. 1612. I also request that there be printed at this point in the hearing record a statement I made in the Senate when I introduced S. 293 on August 5, 1964. (The documents referred to follow :) [S. 293, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize the establishment of a public community college and a public college of arts and sciences in the District of Columbia Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Public Higher Education Act". SEC. 2. As used in this Act (a) The term "public college of arts and sciences" means an institution of higher education established pursuant to this Act and which is organized and administered principally to provide a four-year program in the liberal arts and sciences acceptable for a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, courses in teacher education, and such additional program of study as may be acceptable for a master's degree, and courses on an individual, noncredit basis to those desiring to further their education without seeking a degree. (b) The term "public community college" means an institution of higher education established pursuant to this Act and which is organized and administered principally to provide a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor's degree or for a degree of associate in arts, which program shall include, but shall not be limited to courses in business education, secretarial training, and business administration, and courses in engineering, mathematics, and the physical and biological sciences which are designed to prepare a student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, and other technological fields requiring the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge, and which college also provides courses on an individual, noncredit basis for persons desiring to further their education without seeking a degree. (c) The terms "Board of Higher Education" and "Board" mean the Board of Higher Education established by section 3 of this Act. (d) The term "Board of Education" means the Board of Education of the District of Columbia established by the Act of June 20, 1906 (34 Stat. 316), as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101 et seq.). SEC. 3. (a) The control of the public college of arts and sciences and of the public community college is hereby vested in a Board of Higher 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. The members of the Board (including all members appointed to fill vacancies on such Board) shall be appointed by the judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from a panel of nominees submitted to such judges pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Such members shall be appointed for terms of six years; except that the terms of office of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the said judges at the time of appointment, three at the end of two years, three at the end of four years, and three at the end of six years. 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 that term. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, and may be removed in the same manner as that provided for members of the Board of Education under section 2 of the Act of June 20, 1906 (34 Stat. 316), as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101). (b) There is hereby established a committee to be known as the Board of Higher Education Nominating Committee, which shall consist of seven members of whom not less than four shall have been residents of the District of Columbia for a period of not less than five years immediately prior to their appointments. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for terms of six years; except that the terms of office of three of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the said judges at the time of appointment, at the end of three years. Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation, and shall be subject to removal in the same manner as that provided for members of the Board of Education. The Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members. It shall be the duty of the Committee, as soon |