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E-PrinceAt the end of the 1960s, large parts of the academic economy collapsed. For a decade or more, universities had enjoyed prosperity: Fellowships and salaries rose, new libraries and labs provided decent working space, and those who finished their Ph ...(back to the article)
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*Gulp* I cannot bear very much reality.
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You left out an important source of the collapse of higher ed in the '60s: the end of the artificial glut of students caused by the GI bill. The "glory days" were built on a monumental bubble that could teach the housing market a thing or two. Ceci n'est pas un baseline.
AC: The GI bill certainly was a big lift, but I'm not sure that it actually ever went back down to pre-WWII levels: so, not a bubble in the way that house prices were. *Demand* for higher education remained (and remains) quite high. There are far more college students today -- and a higher proportion of the population holds college degrees -- than at mid-century.