American Decades
The Cold War's Effect on U.S. Education
Summary of Major Provisions of the
National Defense Education Act of
1958
Summary
By: Elliot Lee Richardson
Date: 1958
Source: National Defense Education Act. U.S. Statutes at Large 72 (1958), 1580–1605. Summary of the act by the Center for the Studies of Higher Education. Available online at http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/cshe/ndea/ndea.html; website home page: http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/cshe/ndea/index.html (accessed June 5, 2003).
About the Author: Elliot Lee Richardson (1920–1999) earned degrees from Harvard University and Harvard Law School. He was the lieutenant governor and attorney general of Massachusetts. Richardson held a number of high-level positions in the federal government, including secretary of health,...
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1950's Education Primary Sources
- Doremus et al. v. Board of Education of Borough of Hawthorne et al.
- "8 Teacher Ousters in Communist Case Asked by Examiner"
- Defining "Equal" in Higher Education
- God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom"
- What Educational TV Offers You
- Why Johnny Can't Read—and What You Can Do About It
- A Report to the President: The Committee for the White House Conference on Education—Full Report.
- Education of Mentally Retarded Children Act
- The Cold War's Effect on U.S. Education
- Education and Liberty: The Role of the Schools in a Modern Democracy
- The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
