Oversight Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Lowell, MA, July 29, 1985

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Page 84 - Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of Its young men and women. . . . We must increase our efforts to identify and educate more of the talent of our nation.
Page 84 - The Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the Nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women.
Page 84 - Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake but for the Nation's sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country : not our military preparedness — for armed might is worthless if we lack the brain power to build a world of peace ; not our productive economy — for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government — for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.
Page 25 - [NJeither pendent jurisdiction nor any other basis of jurisdiction may override the Eleventh Amendment. A federal court must examine each claim in a case to see if the court's jurisdiction over that claim is barred by the Eleventh Amendment.
Page 82 - DRUCKER an abundant and increasing supply of highly educated people has become the absolute prerequisite of social and economic development in our world. It is rapidly becoming a condition of national survival.
Page 22 - Any officer of the United States or any agency thereof, or person acting under him, for any act under color of such office or on account of any right, title or authority claimed under any Act of Congress for the apprehension or punishment of criminals or the collection of the revenue.
Page 44 - ... their educational expenses. It makes much better sense to consider them all as paupers for the moment and then exact repayment at a rate automatically indexed to their individual prosperity in later life. But even if we consider them as members of a family, the fact is that 95 percent of the families in America need some help to see one child through college and substantial help to see more than one through college at the same time. 5 percent of the families may not. Should we deny a rational...
Page 24 - These cases thus did not directly confront the question before us. "[W]hen questions of jurisdiction have been passed on in prior decisions sub silentio, this Court has never considered itself bound when a subsequent case finally brings the jurisdictional issue before us.
Page 85 - No qualified student who wants to go to college should be barred by lack of money.
Page 46 - Fund is a perfectly responsible way of funding higher education because those who receive the educational benefit in advance will pay for it during their working lifetime through payroll deductions.

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