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Re:No, Teen Suicide Isn’t Rising Because Life Got Objectivel... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:38PM (#34985412)
> There were no federal student loans.

The GI Bill from WW2 and Korea led to an explosion in college students. Before that, college was simply too expensive for anyone but the very rich to attend, and then...you get lots of people going on the military's dime.

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Re:No, Teen Suicide Isn’t Rising Because Life Got Objectivel... by silvanus on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:44PM (#34985513)
9% of the American population served in WWII, and I'm assuming less than that took advantage of the GI Bill. So this was not universal by any means.
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Re:No, Teen Suicide Isn’t Rising Because Life Got Objectivel... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @02:24PM (#34987016)
Those that did basically exploded the number of people attending college. So even if it wasn't universal, it was a contributing factor to education accessibility.
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