Education: News from Ford (Cont'd)

The Ford Foundation added another specific to its broad-gauge plans for assisting U.S. schools and colleges. On top of the $1,200,000 college scholarship program for 16½-year-olds (TIME, April 30), the foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education announced last week a new $2,280,000 fellowship program for young college teachers. Purpose of the program: to help young instructors pay for extra training, at the same time help small colleges keep young teachers on their staffs whom they might not otherwise be able to afford.

To win a fellowship (salary plus travel expenses and tuition),...

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