THE COLLEGE SOCIAL FRATERNITY ANTIDISCRIMINATION DEBATE, 1945-1949.

Historian, The, January, 2000 by JAMES, ANTHONY W.

College enrollment in the United States skyrocketed at the end of World War II. This tremendous student growth resulted in part from the GI bill, which afforded servicemen of all races and economic classes new opportunities for collegiate education. Although discriminatory quotas traditionally guided collegiate admissions, many northern institutions removed or rewrote racial and religious quotas to allow minority students greater access to higher education and the social milieu that accompanied college life.(1) While the incorporation of racial and religious minorities into the extracurricular life of American campuses guaranteed fundamental civil rights, it also challenged accepted patterns of interpersonal relationships. Integrated dining, dancing, and other social...

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