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...coincidence, the House yesterday voted a three-year extension of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, which for several years also required recipients to sign disclaimers. The NDEA bill was approved by 320-20 margin and sent to the Senate, where passage by a similar majority is expected this afternoon...
Since the new bill removes the ceiling from NDEA grants to institutions, Harvard's share is expected to rise sharply from the $360,000 it received last year. University officials hope to receive about $800,000 for the 1964-65 term. This would be the largest amount ever given to an institution under...
...NDEA bill also raises the maximum size of loans to graduate and professional students from $1000 to $2500 a year and the maximum total for undergraduate and graduate training from $5000 to $10,000. The increase in students' loans would free the University funds now used to supplement NDEA grants...
Even if the ceiling were removed, however, Harvard will probably still not receive the full amount it requested, Gunness cautioned. He pointed out that the NDEA money is distributed according to an elaborate formula which apportions money in relation to the number of institutions and students in a given region. "I would guess we'd never get the full amount we asked for," he said...
...Senate bill, in addition to eliminating the institutional ceiling, would also expand the loan and fellowship portions of the NDEA program. It increases the loan authorization from the present $135 million to $145 million in fiscal 1965, $165 million in 1966, $180 million in 1967, and $195 million...