Speech on Title VII, Higher Education Act before the Subcommittee on Labor-HEW Appropriations

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Testimony from U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin before the Subcommittee on Labor-Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Appropriations on Title VII in relation to the Higher Education Act. Through funding to postsecondary institutions of higher learning and federal student aid programs, the Higher Education Act aimed to ensure that Americans had the option of pursuing higher education. Title VII, a part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbade discrimination by employers on the basis of religion, country of origin, race, or sex. Congressman AuCoin advocated for legislation that gave postsecondary institutions of higher learning additional funding for the construction of academic facilities. Such legislation had the potential to fund increased handicapped accessibility, as well as building renovations and energy-related modifications. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).