CDL: The GI Bill Transforms Higher Education

On June 22, 1944 just days after the D day invasion
President Roosevelt signed a new law that would change the lives of many
American soldiers. The new law was called the Servicemen’s Readjustment act
also known as the GI bill. The bill provide unemployment insurance, veteran
loans for homes and business, and payment for higher education this part of the
bill was used the most though congress did not think that such a large
percentage of soldiers would take advantage of education in 1947 49 percent of
the student population was veterans and 1,164,000 veterans were currently
enrolled in college. Eight million veterans took advantage of the GI bill and a
third of the veterans used the bill to attend college. Many of the veterans became
doctors, scientist, engineers, teachers, and accountants. In the end the government
also benefited from the GI bill because it kept the veterans from flooding the
job market and the country received eight dollars back in income taxes on ever
veteran that took advantage of the free education.

1.What might have happened to all the veterans if the GI bill did not exist?  Would you have taken advantage of the bill if you were a veteran?

2.Why did the government miscalculate how many veterans would use the GI bill for higher education? Did the government think that the veterans were incapable of educating themselves?