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Education measures pay off like Land Grant and GI Bill
President Clinton props a national service plan to help fund college, likening it to the Land Grant College Act and the GI Bill. The piece traces how land grant colleges expanded access and how the GI Bill spurred massive higher education growth and a housing boom after World War II, shaping America’s postwar economy and veterans’ benefits.
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Jules Lohap
Clinton
James A. Michener
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Peoples Colleges
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
American Legion
University of Chicago
Robert Hutchins
Land Grant
University of Minnesota
Supreme Court
Bush
Harry S. Truman
Levittowns
William J. Levitt
Veterans Administration
America
Jesse Brown
Rep. G.V. Montgomery
Dmiss
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Capitol
Horace Greeley
Justin Morrill
Vermont
A&m
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell
Purdue
Rutgers
Steven Scott
Ohio State