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Almost all Cliffies who have borrowed money have done so through the NDEA, and a large percentage of the loan funds at Harvard have come from the same source. Exact figures were not available last night...
Though Galbraith asserts that "virtually all the ideas for creative legislation comes out of the university," both he and Monro stress the fact that the enactment of the ideas into programs was the achievment of the Johnson administration. Johnson espoused the NDEA loan program, grandfather to part of this legislation, while still in the Senate, and his continued support says Monro, "has really made the difference." Johnson's Congressional support and the thorough preparation of his beefed-up Office of Education under Francis Koppel '38 have turned ideas into appropriations...
...expansion of the NDEA program scheduled for the coming academic year will make more three-year fellowships available to graduate students across the country. The U.S. fellowships carry stipends of $2000 for the first year, $2200 for the second, and $2400 for the third--well above the normal Harvard maximum of $1740 a year...
...NDEA Better...
...factors have created the competition in fellowships: applicants for an NDEA fellowship must apply through a specific university, and they are informed of their fate a full month before Harvard announces its awards. If NDEA fellowships were worth more than Harvard's the Administration fears, many desirable students would accept one at another school instead of waiting to see whether they have won a Harvard fellowship...