求翻译：《国防教育法》规定“非营利的私立学校可以向政府申请贷款”促使联邦政府加大了对私立大学的资助, 从而为私立大学的发展提供了有利条件；是什么意思？

"National Defense Education Act provides that" non-profit private schools may apply for a loan "to promote the federal government has increased funding for private universities, which provided favorable conditions for the development of private universities;