1962-1963 was Associate Commission in Bureau of Education Assistance Programs (BEEP); three divisions: 1. State and local elementary and secondary 2. Higher education 3. Manpower training; abrupt increase in staff in 1964 required new emphasis on separate divisions; federal financial assistance; Housing and Home Finance became HUD; fiscal management specialists; civil rights; nurses training; Title II National Education Act; Title V of ESEA tied in with Office of National Education; fear of federal control; Soviet Sputnik and NDA act; Francis Keppel; whether program meets USA needs today
Oral history transcript, Dr. Arthur Harris, interview S-I, 7/10/1968, by Jan Sofokidis
Citation
Oral history transcript, Dr. Arthur Harris, interview S-I, 7/10/1968, by Jan Sofokidis, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-harrisa-19680710-s1-66-1hew-6