On the hinges of the GI Bill, approximately 7.8 million World War II veterans, enrolled in some sort of educational or training program. Total college and university enrollment changed dramatically from 1,676,856 in 1945, with 88,000 veterans attending, to 2,078,095 in 1946 with veterans accounting for 1,013 ,000, or 48.7 percent of the total. In 1947, veteran enrollment reached its peak at 2,338,226 with 1,150,000 veterans, or 49.2 percent. Colleges not only saw increased enrollment on their campuses but these enrollees -veterans- came fully funded by the federal government. This was certainly a boost for the colleges both in human and financial numbers. The GI Bill resulted in some level of integration in colleges across religious and racial lines. For instance, Negros also took advantage of the GI Bill with black college enrollment tripling in 1950 to 3.6 percent over the figures of 1940. Overall enrollment in the Negro Land-Grant colleges after the war was 50 percent higher than before. Even though additional funding was allotted to Black colleges, at least twenty thousand veteran had to be rejected due to insufficient space. This shortage of seats in Black colleges was made up for in the universities in the North and West. These black students whom these Northern and western universities would not have enrolled in such large number previously, were now welcomed and special provisions were even made for them. This accommodation was of course as a result of fully funded federal government vouchers in the hands of these negro veterans. …show more content…
The designation of Jewish student on college records with asterisks was discontinued and, the compulsory pairing of Jewish roommates was also