Word: aid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...federal aid, he sees countless pitfalls awaiting the United States. Since as much as $8 billion more per year would go to schools, "the educational committees of the House and Senate will have every reason to examine in detail the curricula and school organization" of the institutions given aid. Such committees, he warns, may be composed of "power-seeking politicians...
What a Federal aid program would mean to the educational standards, "no one is wise enough to foresee." For instance, until a few years ago, certain social science courses might have been forced on the students, if the government had been in control. Today, advanced math and science courses could become high school requirements, Conant says...
...Student Council committe has urged the University to withdraw from all Federal aid programs "which require any statement of belief. . . beyond a simple, nonenforceable declaration of loyalty...
Other recommendations call on the University to take "all possible steps" including court action--to gain repeal of the oaths, and also to provide substitute funds "to students presently receiving Federal aid here who might suffer from its withdrawal...
While the report emphasizes that the University "should continue to support federal aid to higher education in principle," it espouses a strong skepticism of the Government's willingness to provide funds without some control...