They aren't. From the passage: "That was true as well in the United States itself when it was a much poorer country after World War II and huge numbers of stud

They aren't. From the passage: "That was true as well in the United States itself when it was a much poorer country after World War II and huge numbers of students were able to enter college under the GI bill – a factor in uniquely high economic growth, even putting aside the significance in improving lives."