Question: When did the federal student loan program start?

Disambiguated questions and answers:
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question: When did the United States government start offering student loans?
short_answers: 1958

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question: When did the federal low-interest student loans program start?
short_answers: November 8, 1965

context: President George H. W. Bush authorized a pilot version of the Direct Loan program, by signing into law the 1992 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
question: When did the Federal Direct Student Loan Program start?
short_answers: 1992
wikipage: Federal Direct Student Loan Program

Long answers:
knowledge: content: United States Government-backed student loans were first offered in 1958 under the National Defense Education Act (NDEA),[43] and were only available to select categories of students, such as those studying toward engineering, science, or education degrees. 
wikipage: Student loans in the United States

content: The law was intended "to strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in postsecondary and higher education". It increased federal money given to universities, created scholarships, gave low-interest loans for students, and established a National Teachers Corps. The "financial assistance for students" is covered in Title IV of the HEA.
wikipage: Higher Education Act of 1965

content: The Higher Education Act was passed to give greater college access to women and minorities.[5]
wikipage: Higher Education Act of 1965

content:  The legislation significantly expanded the student loan program by creating an "unsubsidized" version of the loans available to any student, regardless of whether the financial aid formulas determined that they had unmet need.[5] In the 1992 presidential campaign universal access to loans had become a policy supported by both major candidates.[6]
wikipage: Higher Education Act of 1965
long_answer: United States Government-backed student loans were first offered in 1958 under the National Defense Education Act (NDEA). However, they were only available to select categories of students, such as those studying engineering, science or education degrees. The Higher Education Act of 1965 was signed into law on November 8, 1965. It increased federal money given to universities, created scholarships, and gave low-interest loans to students, which gave greater college access to women and minorities. In 1992, the Federal Direct Student Loan Program started. This was an attempt to give universal access to education loans by creating an "unsubsidized" version of the loans. Loans were available to any student, regardless of whether the financial aid formulas determined that they had unmet need.

knowledge: content: Student loans are a form of financial aid used to help students access higher education.
wikipage: Student loans in the United States

content: The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) (Pub.L. 89–329) was legislation signed into United States law on November 8, 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda. Johnson chose Texas State University (then called "Southwest Texas State College"), his alma mater, as the signing site.
wikipage: Higher Education Act of 1965
long_answer: Student loans are a form of financial aid used to help students access higher education. The United States Government started to offer student loans in 1958. On November 8, 1965 the federal low-interest student loan program began, with The Higher Education Act of 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda, and in 1992 President George H. W. Bush authorized a pilot version of the Direct Loan program, by signing into law the 1992 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.