The physicist and the National Defense Education Act of 1958

MAY 01, 1959

C. J. Overbeck

For many years the college faculty has expressed a dissatisfaction with the scholastic background of college students. An unusual opportunity is presented to physicists now to help improve the science education of the youth of this country. This new opportunity is embodied in Title III of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. Our national security is so dependent on the upgrading of science education that it is imperative to respond fully to the provisions of this Act.

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C. J. Overbeck. Northwestern University.

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