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American RadioWorks documentary: From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill

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A college student worked to hang an American flag outside the Veterans Resource Center at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, Calif.
Courtesy of Stephen Smith

The longest war in American history is drawing to a close. Now, those serving are coming home, and many hope to use higher education to build better lives. They have help from the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This American RadioWorks documentary explores how the GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, institutions of higher education, and American society at large. But America's economic and academic systems have changed, and veterans today are returning to a very different reality than their predecessors.