Composition: History & Theory: 1940 - 1949
The GI Bill and College Admissions
Description
In The American School From the Puritans to No Child Left Behind (2008), Joel Spring outlines a number of politically-motivated educational developments in the 1940s, beginning with the formation of the GI Bill of Rights in 1944. Under the Bill of Rights veterans would receive support for tuition, books and living expenses which led to the increase of the number of veterans who attended college—it reduced the problem of youth unemployment. In 1945, there was an emphasis on producing scientists and engineers to keep the United States technologically ahead of the Soviet Union. In the same year, President Truman proposed a one year military training for all American youths. By 1947, educators were concerned with finding the best test to determine a person’s place in market (369). Two major tests were used for college admission: the CEEB and the SAT. The SAT divided population between those capable or incapable of going to college.
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3/13/09