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Northwest Ordinance
Educational Institutions were provided grants from the Northwest Ordinance -
Morrill Act
The Morrill Act provides grants of land to the states, which may be sold and the proceeds used to fund colleges that focus on agricultural and mechanical studies. -
Morrill Act II
A second Morrill Act encourage the Office of Education to provide land grants regularly to Land0- Grant Colleges -
Morrill Act III
The Morrill Act set aside funding for vocational programs -
Servicemen's Readjustment Act
Servicemen's Readjustment Act- G.I. Bill- is bill used to provide free educational service to World War II veterans. However, some intsitutions were misusing the money for outrages things. -
George Barden Act
George Barden expands to Vocational Education Subsidies -
Nursing Training
Practical Nurse Training Act provides grants for state nurse training -
Expansion of Federal Subsidies
A combination of laws help expand federal subsides across the board, from health professions, vocational education, and higher edcaution facilites -
Higher Education Act
Higher Education Act is the foundation for today post-secondary education subsidies. Such as student loan, grant programs, college library aid, etc -
National Education Association
Former President Jimmy Carter during his 1976 candidacy for president. Promise to create a Department of Education. That was the first time the National Education Association (NEA). -
Student Loan Reform Act
Student Loan Reform Act created federal direct lending for student loans as alternative subsidized private loans -
Education America Act
Educate America Act to promote "National Education Goals" building proposed by Former President Bush -
Taxpayer Relief Act
Taxpayer Relief Act creates numerous federal income tax credit for education. As of today, there are sixteen income tax breaks for education. -
No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act becomes a law instituted by Former President George W. Bush -
Education Funding
Economic stimulus bill provides college students and government from local to state with a combination of $45 billion dollars of extra funding -
Impact of the Policy on American Higher Education
The impact of government assistances for Higher Education, helps individuals enroll in institutions. -
Impact of the policy on American Higher Education
Practices such as the G.I. Bill influnced the government to provide aid from pell grants to students loans. -
Future for this Policy Area
What is currently happening is that some higher education institutions are going towards a tuition-free institution, As of now, there is no policy being presented. In fact, the main focus is the financial aid debt that has accumulated over years.