TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1966.

DEFENSE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

WITNESSES

PETER P. MUIRHEAD, ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

HAROLD HOWE II, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FRANCIS A. J. IANNI, DEPUTY ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR RESEARCH

ALEXANDER M. MOOD, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS

RALPH J. BECKER, ACTING DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PLANS AND SUPPLEMENTARY CENTERS

DONALD N. BIGELOW, ACTING DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL TRAINING

S. WILLIAM HERRELL, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BUREAU OF HIGHER EDUCATION

NORMAN KARSH, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION

JOE G. KEEN, BUDGET OFFICER

JAMES B. CARDWELL, DEPARTMENT DEPUTY COMPTROLLER

1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1964. $15,933,000 (1965 adjust. ments, -$977,000); 1965, $26,921,000; 1966, $29,002,000; 1967, $32,287,000.

Mr. FOGARTY. Go right ahead, Dr. Muirhead. We are going to run until about 5:30 and then we are going to quit for the day. We will put your complete statement in the record.

GENERAL STATEMENT

(The statement referred to follows:)

STATEMENT BY ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ON "DEFENSE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OFFICE OF EDUCATION"

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, for the National Defense Education Act we are requesting an amount of $273,544,000, a net decrease of $139,064,000 from the 1966 appropriation of $412,608,000. The estimate will enable State and local educational agencies and colleges and universities to continue to strengthen and improve education in certain critical areas.

The reduction is due primarily to our proposal to merge the title II student loan program with the loan insurance program under the Higher Education Act in order that the loan capital may be provided by private sources rather than the Federal Government.

60-627-66-pt. 226

For title III instructional assistance, the request of $54,200,000 for grants to States for equipment and minor remodeling represents a decrease of $25 million since our estimate for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will provide increased assistance in this area. Also included, at the 1966 level, are $1,500,000 for loans to nonprofit private schools and $7,500,000 to assist States in supervision and effective administration of the program.

An amount of $81,957,000 for title IV graduate fellowships will support 6,000 new awards and 9,000 continuing fellows, and will help to meet the critical demand for well-qualified college teachers.

For title V guidance, counseling, and testing, our estimate continues the 1966 level of $24,500,000 for grants to States to improve these vitally needed services, and $7,250,000 to train about 1,530 counseling personnel.

In order to strengthen the teaching of modern foreign language and area studies, we are requesting $15,800,000 for title VI-an increase of $1,800,000 over 1966. Over 100 centers for advanced training will be supported, approximately 2,175 fellowships will be awarded, and an estimated 90 research projects will be initiated to develop instructional materials and improved teaching techniques.

Our request of $4,400,000 for title VII, an increase of $400,000 over 1966, will support about 70 new research and dissemination projects to assist in adapting the communications media, such as television, to educational uses.

For title X statistical services, the request of $2,250,000, the same as 1966, will assist State educational agencies in improving their statistics which are fundamental in forming basic educational policy and in providing quality programs.

An amount of $40 million for title XI institutes, an increase of $5,103,000 over 1966, will support about 670 institutes to train approximately 28,000 teachers in such subjects as English, reading, history, and geography, and teachers of disadvantaged youth.

We will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Mr. MUIRHEAD. The above statement is directed to the programs of the National Defense Education Act, those programs that are up for reconsideration and will have further support.

The total amount we are requesting is $273,544,000, which represents a decrease of $139,064,000 from the 1966 appropriation. That decrease is due in very large part-the reduction in the proposal that we have placed before you for the NDEA, that reduction is due in very large part to the reduction in the student loan program, which is the transfer to a guaranteed loan program and therefore does not require the support.

The rest of the statement directs itself to the other programs in the NDEA, including programs for instructional assistance or equipment as it is more popularly known. The fellowship program, the guidance and counseling, which is title V, the teaching of modern language and area studies, which is title VI: the program of title VII, which is directed toward research and dissemination, and title X, fiscal services and finally, title XI, the institute programs, and they are all included in very succinct style in the statement that appears in the record.

Mr. FOGARTY. Is there anything unusual about any of them compared to last year?

Mr. MUIRHEAD. There is the dramatic change we discussed this morning.

PROPOSED SHIFT TO INSURED LOANS

Mr. FOGARTY. The appropriation for 1966 is $412,608,000 and the request is for $273,544,000, a reduction of $139,064,000.

The proposed shift to an insured student loan program more than accounts for the total net reduction.