Before the 1960's?

Submitted by Wes Kurtz (United States), Dec 28, 2002 at 15:28

Having lived through WW2, I suggest that it started in the 1940's. While the able bodied men were off to war older educators were hired as the need came after it. FDR and Truman knew that changinging to a peace time economy would be a slow process so the GI Bill was enacted. It provided benefits for education in either colleges or trades to take them away from the labor market for a while. The need for profs came partly from 4-Fs and leftists in many cases were ill qualified. It took years for them to gain tenure and revise history with textbooks of their perswaysion.

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