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Direct linkToby, Jackson – Academic Questions, 2010
In this article, the author discusses the shift from "scholarships" to "financial aid" which was initiated by the federal government during World War II. On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944--commonly known as the G.I. Bill of Rights--one provision of which gave veterans financial…
Descriptors: War, Federal Government, Scholarships, Grants
