Higher Education Act (1967)

Name: A Dictionary of American History - Higher Education Act (1967)
Author: Thomas L. Purvis

Higher Education Act (29 June 1967) This measure, part of the Great Society, significantly expanded federal aid to colleges by appropriating $547,200,000 in low-interest loans and scholarships for disadvantaged students, grants for state education programs, funds for improving libraries and laboratories, and an extension of the Teacher Corps.

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Higher Education Act (1967)," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed July 12, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=USWWW1MBDQ2I36Y.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Higher Education Act (1967)." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 12 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=USWWW1MBDQ2I36Y.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Higher Education Act (1967)' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 12 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=USWWW1MBDQ2I36Y.