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, 1966

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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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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 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 182 - For education is both the foundation and the unifying force of our democratic way of life - - it is the mainspring of our economic and social progress -- it is the highest expression of achievement in our society, ennobling and enriching human life. In short, it is at the same time the most profitable investment society can make and the richest reward it can confer.
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.

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