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The new G.I. bill focuses largely on college, on getting the G.I.’s into college - perhaps because the military has realized that the people they recruit are those who can’t pay for college, can’t finish high school, drop out, have no other option.

The G.I. bill website is taken up largely by college advertisements such as the following one:

Whether you want to advance your military career or get a head start on life after the service, Golden Gate University has a program designed to fit your goals. Use your GI Bill benefits to move your education and your career forward.

The new G.I. bill is called the Montgomery G.I. Bill - and more commonly called the MGIB. There is much information to be found about the bill, and its two parts, the MGIB and the MGIB-SR (for Selected Reserve), on the G.I. bill website here.

A highlight of the new bill, on the website, says,

The Montgomery GI Bill provides up to 36 months of education benefits for college, business, technical, correspondence or vocational courses, apprenticeship or job training, or flight school. Participants can receive over $36,000 in tuition.

Whereas the old G.I. bill paid for a G.I.’s entire education.

The new G.I. bill offers less educational assistance than the old one, and does not offer the home-buying and business-starting options. It focuses more on job training and career placement, which gives less room for racism, than home placement.