  urlLink Higher Education For All ( Articles)  Jim Hightower :  " a 1988 congressional study of one group educated under the GI Bill found that every dollar invested produced a $ 7 increase in our nation's output.
 Also,  as happens after a good,  soaking two- inch spring rain,  many flowers bloomed across our country as a result of this showering of public funds on America's grassroots:  The growth that the GI Bill stimulated in higher-
educational enrollment fueled a broad expansion of colleges,  trade schools,  and other institutions,  with many new institutions and campuses reaching for the first time into inner- city and rural communities,  putting advanced education within physical and economic reach of people who otherwise might not have had the opportunity,
 or even considered the possibility of more schooling.  The boom in enrollment also meant a boom in construction jobs,  and new educational facilities created other jobs -  from teachers to janitors,  administrators to cafeteria workers.  The college and university experience was dramatically democratized,
 broadened,  and deepened as students from working- class and farm backgrounds were afforded the chance to go in large numbers to what had been havens for the elite.
