Word: gi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From the long range point of view, at some future date a less prosperous United States would find higher tuition costs beyond the reach of most citizens, and higher education would once again go to those in higher tax brackets. Since the number of GI-Bill recipients will dwindle in a few years, such an occurrence is not unlikely. The chief argument for higher professorial wages--that better men could be attracted to provide finer education for those seeking it--would be negated by the fact that comparatively few could afford to go beyond secondary school. This was the case...
While giving no indication as to how many veterans applying for admission as a result of the GI Bill would be admitted to the class, Gummere stated that beginning with the class of 1951, all students except veterans would be required to register in September...
...wherefore was of greater use to the Army. And, through its troop Information Program and its Orientation Branch, it labored to give the American soldier facts about his country, his service and his allies, as well as his enemies. The I & E program brought education to the American GI through its USAFI branch, gave his news in I & E-edited overseas newspapers, broadcast him radio entertainment programs, and provided him with some of the finest film features produced by this country. Some critics of the program found it oft-times wanting in forceful and inspired leadership at the unit level...
Professional promoter of domestic harmony, Mrs. Stapleton was not criticizing either the "terribly good time" that GI couples have together at little expense. or their management of money. She was alarmed only at the rapidity at which they are expanding their families. They ought to get out more at night she explained...
...delegates may well determine the success or failure of the Chicago conference, for in the past student gatherings have invariably sunk knee-deep in weighty resolutions instead of chasing after specific objectives. If a student organization can be set up now to function forcefully on such questions as GI allotments, the miserable condition of public education in the South, and religious and racial quotas in schools, the student's part in American education will have vastly increased in scope...