HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE INDICATORS January 1964 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary Wilbur J. Cohen, Assistant Secretary (for Legislation) Office of Program Analysis Geographic Coverage: For years prior to 1959 data include the 48 States and the District of Columbia. Alaska and Hawaii are included in the figures for 1959 as specified in the footnotes and are included in virtually all instances beginning with 1960. Time Period of Information: With regard to annual data, "period" refers to calendar year unless otherwise specified, .e.g., as fiscal year, annual average, or a particular date (such as July 1) or month. Months in all instances are within the calendar year shown. The cutoff date for the inclusion of material in this issue was the 15th of last month. HU •A286 Negligible; less than one-half the unit used in the table. - No entry because data are not applicable. The space is left blank when a figure is not yet available. FY Fiscal year, usually ending June 30. Rounding: Components may not add to totals due to independent rounding. Percentages generally have been computed from unrounded data. The monthly Health, Education, and Welfare Indicators is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 20401 Subscription Price: $3.50 per year; $4.50 if mailed to a foreign address Use of funds for printing this publication approved by the The 1963 Edition of Health, Education, and Welfare Trends, the annual supplement to the monthly Indicators, may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents at $1.00 per copy. 1963: YEAR OF MAJOR LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS IN EDUCATION Wilbur J. Cohen and Francis Keppel On January 29, 1963, President John F. Kennedy outlined his program for Federal aid to education in a special message to the Congress, emphasizing as goals for the Nation: "First, we must improve the quality of instruction provided in all of our schools and colleges;...second, our educational system faces a major problem of quantity--coping with the needs of our expanding population and of the rising educational expectations of our children;...and, third, we must give special attention to increasing the opportunities and incentives for all Americans to develop their talents to the utmost..." The 88th Congress has responded dramatically in several areas of education--in "bricks and mortar" measures to provide for needed facilities in higher education and vocational education and in amending and extending various aspects of measures which have proved their usefulness to American education-the National Defense Education Act, the Manpower Development and Training Act, the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act, and School Assistance for Federally Affected Areas. The education legislation passed during 1963 is dramatic and concrete evidence of a renewed and continuing national commitment to education as the key to our Nation's social, technical, economic, and moral progress. The need is clear and urgent. The sheer increase in numbers of children and youth to be educated in our schools and colleges, coupled with the need for higher levels of education and training for all kinds of workers, technicians, and administrators in our increasingly complex technology, call for an ever greater investment in education. There has been a steady rise in school and college enrollments over the last 16 years and this trend will continue. The school-age population (5-17 years) comprises nearly one-fourth of the total population. The number of persons reaching age 18 has been increasing fairly steadily since 1951 and will rise even more sharply in the years just ahead, as the children born just after World War II reach college age. A steady increase in the size of the labor force, with its components of large numbers of young people entering employment for the first time and the increasing labor force participation of women, is occurring at the same time that technological improvements are cutting down on the number of jobs available in many segments of the economy. Mr. Cohen is the Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Mr. Keppel is the Commissioner of Education in the |