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The GI Bill is often described as a major reason more Americans attended college after World War II. I’m interested in how much of that change came from the education benefits themselves, and how much depended on colleges, housing, and the job market at the time.
Did the program expand access evenly, or did its benefits vary sharply by race, region, or type of institution? I’d like to understand both its immediate effects on veterans and its longer-term influence on American higher education.
