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During the placid 1950s, while GI Bill benefits spurred an increasingly diversified applicant pool, racial inequality was a problem to be seen, but not heard...
After the Second World War, American higher education was again made, as the GI Bill made it possible for many more Americans to attend college than ever before and as the government began to invest in basic research. Harvard recast itself under then-President James B. Conant '14 to become--as it had not been before--a meritocratic institution drawing on a national student base, and the centuries-old school showed itself to be the leader among America's new system of higher education...
While the war instilled the veterans withdiscipline and experience, the GI Bill gave themthe chance to apply that dedication to theirstudies, and the veterans sought to take fulladvantage...
...GI Bill permanently changed the nature ofhigher education, at Harvard and throughout thenation. Over 7.8 million veterans took advantageof the GI Bill, 2.2 million in order to pursuehigher education...
Although the classes of the 1950s containedfewer and fewer beneficiaries of the GI Bill, theeffects of the legislation on enrollment andadmissions were long-lasting...