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Direct linkLeporte, Lydia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 78-346), generally referred to as the GI Bill, provided any veteran, who had served for at least 90 days from the time period of September 1940 to July 1947, paid full-time education. The original Act also called for the creation of a central agency dedicated to the administration of all…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Military Personnel, Public Policy
Peer reviewedOldfield, Kenneth – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2007
American universities are seeking to increase "academic staff diversity" by hiring more females, racial/ethnic minorities, military veterans, and persons with disabilities. Various researchers have presented evidence showing that people of poverty and working-class origins are significantly underrepresented within the US academic staff.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Socioeconomic Background, Personnel Selection
