National Defense Education Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Defense_Education_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1958-09-02
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major expansion of federal role in education
response to Cold War competition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Defense Education Act
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Sputnik_crisis
gptkbp:provides fellowships
scholarships
student loans
federal funding for education
support for educational technology
support for guidance counseling
gptkbp:purpose improve education in science, mathematics, and foreign languages
increase national security through education
gptkbp:repealedBy 1972
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Higher_Education_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:section gptkb:Title_II:_Student_Loans
gptkb:Title_III:_Strengthening_Science,_Math,_and_Modern_Foreign_Language_Instruction
gptkb:Title_IV:_Graduate_Fellowships
gptkb:Title_VI:_Language_Development
gptkb:Title_VII:_Research_and_Experimentation
Title V: Guidance, Counseling, and Testing
Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:NDEA
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:title gptkb:Public_Law_85-864
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Presidency_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5