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A History of Federal Aid to Education in Texas Through the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

On April 11, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower put into effect Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, creating a new cabinet level department within the federal government. The new Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) was a consolidation of organizations dealing with national social concerns. Some of the organizations dated back to 1785 when the Congress of the Confederation first set aside public lands for schools. This paper concerns the creation and growth of the department of Health, Education and Welfare, including it's various educational programs, educational research programs, aid to higher education, federally impacted areas, and other HEW programs which affect education.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663063
Date08 1900
CreatorsChaney, Bobby L.
ContributorsStephens, A. Ray, Van Dyck, Harry R.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 131 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Chaney, Bobby L., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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