Oral history transcript, Dr. Arthur Harris, interview S-I, 7/10/1968, by Jan Sofokidis

Title:

Oral history transcript, Dr. Arthur Harris, interview S-I, 7/10/1968, by Jan Sofokidis

Number of Pages:

30

Description:

1962-1963 was Associate Commission in Bureau of Education Assistance Programs (BEEP); three divisions: 1. State and local elementary and secondary 2. Higher education 3. Manpower training; abrupt increase in staff in 1964 required new emphasis on separate divisions; federal financial assistance; Housing and Home Finance became HUD; fiscal management specialists; civil rights; nurses training; Title II National Education Act; Title V of ESEA tied in with Office of National Education; fear of federal control; Soviet Sputnik and NDA act; Francis Keppel; whether program meets USA needs today

Contributor:

Harris, Arthur

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of Oral Histories Given to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library

See Also:

See all online interviews with Dr. Arthur Harris

Subject:

Education; Welfare and War on Poverty

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details