Education 1970

Filmed in his Homewood House office, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of the Johns Hopkins University, discusses current quantitative and qualitative problems in education. Charts of various aged school populations in 1900, 1958, and 1970 show that the number of students in higher education will double by the early 1970s. This increase in quantity threatens to reduce the quality of education. Public institutions will find it easier to receive funds than will private institutions because endowment incomes have not kept pace with rising costs nor does tuition meet all needs. Dr. Eisenhower compares the Russian system of education to that of the United States and suggests that our national security is at risk. Solutions to U. S. education problems include increasing teacher salaries, building more and better facilities, requiring more rigorous training in fundamental courses, providing more challenging programs for the more talented students, and increasing the tempo at universities for students ably prepared in high school.