Northern (N): Soviet Union (NS). Higher, scientific and technical education in Soviet Union

A file of correspondence, reports, and press extracts on education in the Soviet Union. The file discusses the rapid increase in the number of graduates from Soviet universities in recent years, and concerns in the West that the Soviet Union would soon have more scientists and engineers than the United States. A speech by the director of the C.I.A., Allen Dulles, noted that better education may lead Soviet citizens to question communist doctrine and undermine the government. The file also reports on the lack of canteen facilities at some Soviet universities; on the difficulty of supplying an adequate education to young people working in the remote "Virgin Lands" regions; on consultations between the British and American governments about Soviet education; and on conditions in Soviet schools, which had impressive facilities but seemed to educate younger students by rote without concessions to individuality.