An American Crisis
 By Eduardo J.
Padrón
The experience of attending college has been at the
heart of the American dream for more than half a century. Images of
campus life are central to our national story, one of limitless
possibilities and the unfailing union of hard work and success.
America at the mid-20th century opened the door to unprecedented
college enrollment. The original GI Bill and subsequent reenactments
made college a homecoming staple for veterans of World War II, Korea,
and Vietnam, and in 1966, those same education benefits were made
available to peacetime soldiers as well. One year earlier, Congress had
approved the Pell Grant, the federal need-based award that leveled the
higher education playing field as never before. From every race and
ethnicity and rung of the economic ladder came students who made the
United States a college-going nation. . . .
Excerpted from the winter 2009 issue of The
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