Review of Activities Under National Defense Education Act: Hearings ... 86th Congress, 2d Session1960 - 32 pages |
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$30 million 100 percent additional funds additional needs affidavit approved requests asked BABBIDGE basis Brown University Budget Bureau CEDERBERG Chairman College of Education commitments to freshmen COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Congress December 28 Defense Education Act deficit DENTON DERTHICK enrollment February fellowships fiscal year 1960 FLYNT FOGARTY force or violence foreign language FRED MARSHALL going Government by force graduate HOMER D HUGHES Indiana indicated June 30 LAIRD letter loyalty oath ment MUIRHEAD National Defense Education NDEA North Carolina North Dakota NURSE TRAINING PROGRAM October estimates October reports Office of Education organizations that believe PATEROS payments persons PRACTICAL NURSE TRAINING President Public Law 874 reason record Rhode Island College secondary school students Secretary shortage of funds situation spring statement student loan funds student loan program submit subsec supplemental appropriation teach the overthrow tion title VIII University of Rhode vocational education Wausau
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Page 20 - Now, I would — I rather deplore that universities have found it necessary to find, for the moment, a narrow dividing line and therefore keep a number of citizens out of taking advantage of the loan provisions that the Federal Government set up. But for my part, I should think that the loyalty oath, the basic citizenship oath, is sufficient." POSITION OF THE SECRETARY REGARDING THE LOYALTY OATH Mr. FOGARTY. What is the position of the Secretary? Dr. DERTHICK. The Secretary, at the very outset months...
Page 20 - A BILL To amend the National Defense Education Act of 1958 in order to provide for certain international affairs programs.
Page 6 - State boards of vocational education as providing vocational and related technical training and retraining for youths, adults, and older persons, including related instruction for apprentices, designed to fit them, for useful employment as technicians or skilled workers in scientific or...
Page 19 - ... TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2, 1959 EW Kenworthy, New York Times: "Mr. President a number of leading universities and colleges have decided not to participate in the Federal student loan program because of the loyalty oath required. I wonder if you would give us your views on the loyalty oath and whether you would favor a revision of the law to make this unnecessary.
Page 1 - The committee will come to order. Dr. Derthick, the purpose of this meeting is to bring the subcommittee up to date with regard to developments in the defense education program since we acted on the appropriation bill for fiscal year 1960. In connection with this review we intend to make inquiry...
Page 22 - Congressman JOHN FOGARTY, Old Customhouse, Providence, RI DEAR JOHN: Payment on entitlements for Public Law 874 are being made at 95 percent instead of the 100 percent which we thought was assured by appropriations made last summer. Philadelphia...
Page 11 - ... aided in their college program through the student loan funds. In view of the fact that, historically, college student loan funds have not been well utilized in the past, we feel that aid to over 5 percent of the total collegiate body in such a short span of time is indicative of healthy progress. The national defense student loan program has obviously added a new dimension to the methods by which students finance their education. As recently as September 1958, a report issued by the Office of...
Page 6 - K{0,000 students in such fields as electronics, electrical technology, mechanical drafting and design, chemistry, instrumentation, and electronic data programing. About 60 percent of the enrollment is in extension classes and two-thirds of the 300 programs are post-high school level. Fifty-two States and territories are now participating in this program, and indicative of its impact is the record of one State which, through the stimulation of title VIII, has already established a new school for 400...
Page 6 - The language institutes will provide specialized training for over 3,000 language teachers, thus improving instruction for some 360,000 students. The educational media program is stimulating the exploration and development of all types of communication media as aids to teaching through research grants and contracts. Response to this program has been vigorous. The area vocational program is making possible specialized training for highly skilled technicians, and 52 States and possessions are now participating....