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The New Orleans Board of Education restores full privileges to married teachers, including the right to promotion (which had not been allowed since the 1930s). -
According to the Associated Press, college costs have increased by 400 percent since the beginning of the twentieth century. -
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that "subversives" (those holding communist beliefs) may be barred from teaching.
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The landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court decision overrules the "separate but equal" doctrine; segregated public schools are judged to be unconstitutional.
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The National Council for Financial Aid to Education is established to assist colleges in securing funds from businesses and industry.
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The first White House Conference on Education is held. Its purpose: is to study present-day problems in education.
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At attempt to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, results in threats, violence, and national headlines.
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A Fund for the Republic study determines that blacks show no inherent inferiority to whites in intelligence tests.
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Congress passes the National Defense Education Act. -
The Vatican Sacred Congregation of Religious Studies sanctions the separation of boys and girls in study halls, sports activities, and classrooms, even in co-educational schools.
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The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare promises to rid the United States of "college-degree mills," alleged institutions of higher learning that grant degrees without requiring academic studies.