Senate Appropriations Unit Plans No Action on Funds for HEW During Debate on Civil Rights

Sep 21, 2026

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee plans to take no further action on the appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare until after the Senate completes action on the civil rights bill. The House passed HR 10809, providing major 1965 funding for the U.S. Office of Education, while refusing supplemental funds for 1964. The American Council on Education will fund a 15-month study of correspondence education with a Carnegie grant, aiming to assess quality, future needs, and institutional roles.

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Senate Appropriations Unit and Civil Rights Timing

Plans to Delay Action on Appropriations

House Passage of HR 10809 and 1964/1965 Funding Context

Study of Correspondence Education

Research Questions and Participant Leadership

Voluntary Support for Higher Education in 1962-63

Total Gifts and Estimated Voluntary Support

Alumni, Foundations, and Other Source Contributions

x Higher EducationACE,Commission on AccreditingTo Survey Correspondence Studyand* * *USOE Revamps Research Bureau,National AffairsDrops Division of Higher Education American Council on Education ·1785 Massachusetts Avenue,N.W.,Washington 36,D.C. May 2,1964 Volume XIII,Number 11 # Senate Appropriations Unit PlansNo Action on Funds for HEWDuring Debate on Civil Rights The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Depart-ments of Labor and Health,Education,and Welfare doesnot plan to take any further action on the appropriationsbill for the two departments until after the Senate com- pletes action on the civil rights bill.That information comes from a spokesman for Sena-tor Lister Hill (D-Ala.),chairman of the subcommittee and a leader of the Southern opposi-tion to the civil rights measure. The subcommittee began hearings on the departmental budgets before receiving theappropriations bill(HR 10809)from the House.However,no hearings have been heldsince March 13. The House passed HR 10809 on April 14.It provides nearly all the 1965 funds requestedfor the U.S.Office of Education,including $230 million for undorgraduate facilities grants,$60 million for graduate facilities grants,and $169 million for construction loans under theHigher Education Facilities Act(see Bulletin,Vol.XI,No.9).However,following therecommendation of its Appropriations Committee,the House refused to appropriate any sup-plemental funds for 1964. Since the Higher Education Facilities Act provides that the amounts authorized but notappropriated for fiscal 1964 for undergraduate facilities grants may be added to the 1965 or1966 appropriations,the American Council on Education and other national organizationsof institutions of higher education are asking members to urge their senators to appropriatethe full $460 million authorized. A comprehensive study of the current status of correspondenceeducation and its future development in the United States willbe undertaken by the American Council on Education and theNational Commission on Accrediting.The study will be financed ACE,National CommissionOn Accrediting to StudyCorrespondence Education by a $90,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The study will be the first effort in more than 30 years to trace the development of cor-respondence education,indicate its significant social contributions to the American culture,and suggest the directions which this type of education might take in the future. Expected to require approximately 15 months to complete,the study will be under thedirection of Ossian R.MacKenzie,dean of the college of business administration,Pennsyl-vania State University.Participants in the study will include scholars from the academicfields involved--professional and technical education,the sciences,and the humanities. With rapidly expanding demands for highly skilled and broadly educated personnel,withcrowding of physical facilities in classrooms and laboratories,and with more leisure time for most individuals,correspondence study is helping to fill a growing social need for moreeducational opportunities in the United States. Among the questions the study is designed to answer are: o What will be the future dimensions of this social need and how may correspondencestudy best help meet the need? ● What is the quality of correspondence study in comparison to other forms of education? ● What should be the relationship between correspondence study and other types of education? ● How can the continued development of correspondence study most effectively contributeto the learning capabilities of individuals? ● What should be the roles of various institutions and organizations in the development andadministration of correspondence education? It is estimated that there are as many as 3,500,000 home study students in the UnitedStates taking courses from private home study schools,universities,degree-granting col-leges,military schools and othe

FAQs

Why will the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee take no further action on HEW funds?

It will delay further action on the appropriations bill until after the Senate completes action on the civil rights bill.

What is HR 10809 and what funding does it provide?

HR 10809 is the appropriations bill passed by the House, providing nearly all requested 1965 funds for the U.S. Office of Education, including grants for undergraduate and graduate facilities and construction loans.

What purpose does the Carnegie-funded study serve?

The American Council on Education and the National Commission on Accrediting will trace the development of correspondence education, evaluate its social contributions, and suggest future directions.

Sep 21, 2026

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