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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... 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- spective high school .. Percentages of female high school graduates ...
... 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- spective high school .. Percentages of female high school graduates ...
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... schools . Further information was obtained on this subject by an analysis con- ducted with the cooperation of officials of the District's senior public high schools , showing the " college - able " graduates of the class of 1963 who did ...
... schools . Further information was obtained on this subject by an analysis con- ducted with the cooperation of officials of the District's senior public high schools , showing the " college - able " graduates of the class of 1963 who did ...
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... high school graduates , particularly from the public schools . Each of the five universities is open to students of any race , yet it is Howard , with its lower student costs , that attracts almost two - thirds of all District high school ...
... high school graduates , particularly from the public schools . Each of the five universities is open to students of any race , yet it is Howard , with its lower student costs , that attracts almost two - thirds of all District high school ...
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... high schools , 95 percent of the graduates who did attend a local university upon graduation enrolled at Howard . When the median income of the fami- lies in the area served by the school ... graduates - between 30 and 35 percent - attended ...
... high schools , 95 percent of the graduates who did attend a local university upon graduation enrolled at Howard . When the median income of the fami- lies in the area served by the school ... graduates - between 30 and 35 percent - attended ...
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... schools or courses of study as engineering and business administration ; the multipurpose university ; the professional school ; the graduate school ; and the high - level center for graduate and post - doctoral study and research ...
... schools or courses of study as engineering and business administration ; the multipurpose university ; the professional school ; the graduate school ; and the high - level center for graduate and post - doctoral study and research ...
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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 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 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.
Page 12 - Doc. 123). As its title indicates, the purpose of the bill is to provide for the establishment in the District of Columbia of a public community college and a public college of arts and sciences. The first section of the bill gives the legislation the title "District of Columbia Public Higher Education Act of 1965" (presumably to be changed to "1966").
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 152 - 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 131 - ... this pace, a compassionate nation cannot afford to leave any segments of our society behind to form and to perpetuate a human slag heap. We must express our compassion in a greater commitment to education. • **»»*• Universal education has brought our society to its present high level of success. If our society is to move higher, higher education must be made a universal opportunity for all young people. Public education and compassion go hand in hand with private morality.