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A History of Federal Aid to Education in Texas Through the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Description: On April 11, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower put into effect Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, creating a new cabinet level department within the federal government. The new Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) was a consolidation of organizations dealing with national social concerns. Some of the organizations dated back to 1785 when the Congress of the Confederation first set aside public lands for schools. This paper concerns the creation and growth of the department of H… more
Date: August 1973
Creator: Chaney, Bobby L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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