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Truman Commission Dbq

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President Truman appointed the Commission on Higher Education in July of 1946. Known as the “Truman Commission” because President Truman was the only US President in the 20th century who did not graduate from college. The Commission's charges were to expand educational access to all of the nations citizens; to examine curriculum “particularly in the fields of international affairs and social understanding” (Theilin-H 268); Establishing technical institutes, and to examine the financial structure of higher education.The commission looked to expand the impact of the GI Bill and to examine whether the future policy could increase college access to generations of Americans. The commission marked a landmark in higher education because it was the

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