Department of Education: Funding Timeline

  • Northwest Ordinance

    Educational Institutions were provided grants from the Northwest Ordinance
  • Morrill Act

    The Morrill Act provides grants of land to the states, which may be sold and the proceeds used to fund colleges that focus on agricultural and mechanical studies.
  • Morrill Act II

    A second Morrill Act encourage the Office of Education to provide land grants regularly to Land0- Grant Colleges
  • Morrill Act III

    The Morrill Act set aside funding for vocational programs
  • Servicemen's Readjustment Act

    Servicemen's Readjustment Act- G.I. Bill- is bill used to provide free educational service to World War II veterans. However, some intsitutions were misusing the money for outrages things.
  • George Barden Act

    George Barden expands to Vocational Education Subsidies
  • Nursing Training

    Practical Nurse Training Act provides grants for state nurse training
  • Expansion of Federal Subsidies

    A combination of laws help expand federal subsides across the board, from health professions, vocational education, and higher edcaution facilites
  • Higher Education Act

    Higher Education Act is the foundation for today post-secondary education subsidies. Such as student loan, grant programs, college library aid, etc
  • National Education Association

    Former President Jimmy Carter during his 1976 candidacy for president. Promise to create a Department of Education. That was the first time the National Education Association (NEA).
  • Student Loan Reform Act

    Student Loan Reform Act created federal direct lending for student loans as alternative subsidized private loans
  • Education America Act

    Educate America Act to promote "National Education Goals" building proposed by Former President Bush
  • Taxpayer Relief Act

    Taxpayer Relief Act creates numerous federal income tax credit for education. As of today, there are sixteen income tax breaks for education.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    No Child Left Behind Act becomes a law instituted by Former President George W. Bush
  • Education Funding

    Economic stimulus bill provides college students and government from local to state with a combination of $45 billion dollars of extra funding
  • Impact of the Policy on American Higher Education

    The impact of government assistances for Higher Education, helps individuals enroll in institutions.
  • Impact of the policy on American Higher Education

    Practices such as the G.I. Bill influnced the government to provide aid from pell grants to students loans.
  • Future for this Policy Area

    What is currently happening is that some higher education institutions are going towards a tuition-free institution, As of now, there is no policy being presented. In fact, the main focus is the financial aid debt that has accumulated over years.