The Federal Government and the Universities

Kenneth W. Mildenberger
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Kenneth W. Mildenberger: Division of College and University Assistance, United States Office of Education

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1964, vol. 356, issue 1, 23-29

Abstract: The role of the United States in the Second World War and in world affairs since the war has established the im portance of American universities as a national resource for knowledge about the languages and cultures of non-Western peoples. Government agencies turn to the universities for specialized personnel, training programs, informed advice, tech nical assistance abroad, and mission-oriented research. But professional non-Western resources at universities have been extremely limited, and the government has recognized, in the national interest, a federal responsibility to provide direct financial assistance to strengthen the relevant academic enter prise. The central program of government support is Title VI of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958, which provides aid for language and area centers, for stipends for advanced university study, and for research and studies. A section of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961 has augmented NDEA support by provision of funds for travel and study abroad by American faculty and graduate students of non- Western studies.

Date: 1964
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