Platform Year | Statement |
1960 | The federal government can play a part in stimulating higher education. |
1972 | The National Endowment for the Humanities, now greatly enlarged, is fostering improved teaching and scholarship in history, literature, philosophy and ethics. The Endowment also supports programs to raise levels of scholarship and teaching in Afro-American, American Indian and Mexican American studies, has broadened its fellowship programs to include junior college teachers, and stresses adult or continuing education, including educational television and film series. |
1972 | We have recommended and supported passage of Title IX of the Higher Education Act opposing discrimination against women in educational institutions. |