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An act of 1958 signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to provide American students with government support for graduate study in science and technology. It was created to improve American education programs in response to the Soviet Union's orbiting of the first artificial satellite on October 4, 1957.
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The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) is a United States Act of Congress, passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the
United States at all levels, both public and
private.
It was prodded by early Soviet success in the Space Race, notably the launch of the first-ever satellite, Sputnik, the year before.
The NDEA was instituted primarily to stimulate the advancement of education in science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages; but it has also provided aid in other areas, including technical education, area studies, geography, English as a second language, counseling and guidance, school libraries and librarianship, and educational media centers.
The Act provides institutions of higher education with 90% of capital funds for low-interest loans to students. NDEA also
gives federal support for improvement and change in elementary and secondary education. The Act contains statutory prohibitions
of federal direction, supervision, or control over the
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