Federal funds for education and related activities-Estimated expenditures by agency, fiscal year 19661-Continued National Science Foundation_ [In millions] Agency The educational programs of NSF include fellowship, traineeship and training grants in the sciences in addition to faculty training and curriculum development. Also included are general institutional grants and basic research and research facilities funds awarded to institutions of higher education. Department of Labor... Includes institutional and on-the-job training under the Manpower Development and Training Act, apprenticeship training, area redevelopment training activities, and research in educational institutions. Department of Housing and Urban Development--- Includes college housing loans and grants for training in community development skills. Department of Agriculture_ Includes funds for agricultural experiment stations, Extension Service, the National Agricultural Library, shared revenues from forests funds for support of schools, and research in educational institutions. Department of the Interior__ Includes Indian education, shared revenues for school support, mines safety training, support of education in the territories, and research in educational institutions. Department of State 5 Includes the Foreign Service Institute, mutual educational and cultural activities, the East-West Center, and education activities of the Agency for International Development. National Aeronautics and Space Administration___ Includes grants and contracts with educational institutions for research, traineeships, and research facilities and training of NASA personnel. Atomic Energy Commission__. Includes research grants to educational institutions, fellowships, teacher training, instructional equipment, and related support of educational activities. Veterans' Administration__ Includes subsistence allowances for veterans in vocational rehabilitation, readjustment benefits-principally aid under the War Orphans' Educational Assistance Act and vocational rehabilitation for disabled veterans, and training of medical personnel in VA medical facilities. Peace Corps- Amount $365 301 240 180 180 176 144 94 Includes training costs for volunteers and for education projects. Smithsonian Institution 41 Includes research and National Museum and Gallery of Art activities. Estimated Federal share of District of Columbia school expenditures from general support payments to the District. Federal Aviation Agency 19 Includes, principally, training of Federal personnel. Treasury Department 11 Includes the Coast Guard Academy and education of uniformed personnel and overseas dependents. Department of Commerce-- 9 Includes support of State maritime schools, Maritime Academy, and research and technical services grants to educational institutions. Department of Justice--- 6 Includes vocational training in penal institutions and grants for law enforcement training. • Includes funds appropriated to the President for education programs under the economic assistance programs. Federal funds for education and related activities-Estimated expenditures by agency, fiscal year 1966 1-Continued Other___ [In millions] Agency Includes depository library and indexing services of the Government Printing Office, National Archives services, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities and National Council on the Arts activities, educational activities of the U.S. Information Agency, and in-lieu-tax payments and research grants of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mr. FOGARTY. Is there anything else you want to say? Mr. FOGARTY. Thank you very much. We will convene at 10 in the morning. Amount $21 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1966. HIGHER 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 JOHN R. LUDINGTON, ACTING ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR ADULT AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION JOHN C. FRANTZ, ACTING DIRECTOR, LIBRARY SERVICE BRANCH CHARLES N. ZELLERS, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BUREAU OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION S. WILLIAM HERRELL, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BUREAU OF HIGHER EDUCATION NORMAN KARSH, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION JOE G. KEEN, BUDGET OFFICER R. LOUIS BRIGHT, ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR RESEARCH Mr. FOGARTY. We will file your complete statement in the record at this time and you may summarize it, Dr. Muirhead. PREPARED STATEMENT (The statement referred to follows:) STATEMENT BY ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ON "HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OFFICE OF EDUCATION" Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, we are requesting $475,272,000 for programs authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965, an increase of $232,449,000 over the 1966 level. The President in his budget message indicated that the Congress has made education history in passing this law, and that it will "benefit this generation and clear the way to greater opportunity for future generations." Our request will provide expansion of these significant programs in their first full year of activity. For title I grants to States for community service and continuing education programs, the estimate of $20 million will support 800 programs involving 200,000 citizens and 250 colleges and universities in a movement toward the realization of the richness of our cultural heritage outside the classroom, and the solution of problems peculiar to our highly urbanized society. College library training and research assistance programs under title II provide a four-part attack on weaknesses in college libraries. A total of $35,300,000 includes $25 million for over 1,700 grants to institutions to purchase needed ។ library books and materials, $3,750,000 for training about 800 persons in the information sciences, $3,550,000 for approximately 70 research and demonstration projects to improve libraries and training, and $3 million for the Library of Congress to acquire materials and provide catalog and bibliographic information. In order to assist smaller developing colleges to raise their academic quality, title III authorizes cooperative arrangements such as faculty and student exchange, curriculum improvement, and sharing of facilities, with older, established institutions. Our request of $30 million assumes legislative extension of the program, and will support about 650 such agreements and an estimated 180 national teaching fellowships. Educational opportunity grants under title IV will enable exceptionally needy students to pursue a higher education at a time when rising costs have made it impossible for millions of youths to obtain degrees. We are requesting $119,500,000 for 220,000 grants, and $2,500,000 for contracts to identify such youths and encourage them to complete their education. Insured loans will also help to relieve the burdens so many families face in sending their children to college. Our estimate of $43 million includes $10 million for advances to State and nonprofit private loan insurance programs and $33 million for interest payments for about 775,000 qualified students. Title IV also provides a work-study program for college students, particularly those from low-income families, who need earnings to pursue a higher education. Our request of $134,100,000 will support part-time employment for an estimated 210,000 students by the fall of 1967. Qualified teachers are the vital factor in improving education at any level. For title V, $31,372,000 is requested for the National Teacher Corps to improve the educational opportunities of disadvantaged children in urban and rural areas. This amount will support salary and continuation costs for 3,750 members to begin teaching in September 1966 and training and other costs for an additional 850 teachers who will be placed by September 1967. Also included are $37,500,000 for 5,800 graduate fellowships to provide advanced training for elementary and secondary teachers, and $5 million for grants to assist institutions in strengthening their teacher education programs. Finally, we are requesting $17 million under title VI to help improve the quality of classroom instruction in colleges and universities. An amount of $14,500,000 will support grants to about 300 institutions for television and other equipment, and $2,500,000 will fund approximately 35 institutes to train almost 1,000 college teachers in the effective use of such equipment. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have. STATEMENT BY ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ON "STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE FUND, OFFICE OF EDUCATION" Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, we are requesting $3,200,000 for the Student Loan Insurance Fund for 1967, an increase of $2,700,000 over 1966. Under the programs authorized by the Higher Education and the National Vocational Student Loan Insurance Acts of 1965, those elegible students who do not have access to a guaranteed loan program of a State or nonprofit agency can obtain insurance on loans directly from the Federal Government. Although it is anticipated that most students will be able to obtain insured loans through nonFederal sources, we do not have enough information at this time as to whether guarantee funds from those sources will be available to all students. Therefore, we are requesting $3 million to insure loans for 60,000 higher education students, assuming an average loan of $500, and $200,000 to insure loans for 5,000 vocational students, at an average loan of $400. This is submitted as a separate account since a revolving fund must be established in order to collect the insurance premiums and to invest unused funds in U.S. securities. This request will complete the coverage of insured loans for both vocational and higher educational students who need such assistance in order to pursue their studies. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have. GENERAL STATEMENT Mr. FOGARTY. We have enjoyed your previous appearances here and I, for one, believe you have been doing a good job. Mr. MUIRHEAD. Thank you. I am here today to report on the higher educational activities. The above statement describes the appropriations we are seeking for several of the programs under the recently enacted Higher Education Act. The first of those is title I, which is the grants for community services. There we are seeking to have an appropriation of $20 million. The above statement goes to support our appropriation requests for the library title under that same act and for the rather intriguing program entitled "Assistance to Developing Institutions" which is part of the Higher Education Act. Then for a series of student aid programs which are part of title IV of the Higher Eduaction Act, including the opportunity grants, the insured loan program, and an expanded college work study program. My statement also supports the teacher scholarship provision of the Higher Education Act which includes the Teacher Corps and fellowship support for the training of elementary and secondary schoolteachers, both those that propose to be teachers and those who are now teachers, and wish to improve themselves. Finally, the statement is in support of title VI of the Higher Education Act which proposes to help colleges and universities purchase equipment, presumably to improve the teaching opportunities in the classrooms that are helped under the Facilities Act. BUDGET REQUEST All in all, the request is an increase over the 1966 level. We are requesting $475,272,000 and that represents an increase of $232,449,000 over the 1966 level. I will do the best I can to respond to the questions you might have upon this. COMPARISON OF AUTHORIZATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND REQUEST Mr. FOGARTY. Now, how much of the request is dependent on additional authorizing legislation? Mr. MUIRHEAD. One of the titles that we are talking about is title III of the Higher Education Act. It does need additional legislation in order to provide an authorization. Mr. FOGARTY. How much money does that amount to? Mr. MUIRHEAD. That amounts to $30 million that we are requesting for title III of the Higher Education Act. It doesn't have an authorization in the legislation at the moment. Mr. FOGARTY. Will you prepare a table for 1966 showing for each activity the amount authorized, the amount appropriated, the amount transferred in or out, the estimated supplemental and estimated total funds to be available, and then add two columns for 1967 to show the authorization and the request for each activity? Mr. MUIRHEAD. I will be pleased to do that. |