Vanguard of the Right: The Department of Education Battle, 1978-1979

<p>Satisfying a campaign pledge to the National Education Association (NEA), President Jimmy Carter pushed for a federal Department of Education in 1978 and 1979. In the ensuing legislative battle, Carter confronted opposition from states’ rights, social, and religious conservatives that were beginning to form the nucleus of the New Right in the Republican Party. Using divisive racial and religious issues, these conservatives tried, and failed, to thwart the Department of Education project. Congressional testimony, the Carter administration’s internal documents, and newspaper editorials illustrate that the Department of Education battle foreshadowed the Reagan Revolution of 1980.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of History

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Scisco, Logan Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Patricia Minter (Director), Anthony Harkins, Tamara Van Dyken

• Jimmy Carter
• Conservatism
• Liberalism
• Evangelicalism
• Affirmative Action
• Race
• Head Start
• United States-History
• History
• Political History
• United States History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1364

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-2370