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The period after WW2 wasn’t empty seats to be filled, it was the government funding science, engineering, and some social science. That changed the shape of uni

The period after WW2 wasn’t empty seats to be filled, it was the government funding science, engineering, and some social science. That changed the shape of universities forever.

ocschwar 2y ago
It was both. The universities needed help recovering from WW2, and they got that plus more thanks to Vannevar Bush.