FOREWORD OLLEGES and universities are anxious to give veterans COLL the best possible educational opportunity. The Division of Higher Education of the U. S. Office of Education stands ready to cooperate with the colleges and universities in their planning. This bulletin by Dr. Ernest V. Hollis is a part of that cooperation. There is no way of forecasting with assurance the number of veterans who will want education, nor the kind of program they will want. One body of facts will afford some guide, however, and educational planners should have access to those facts. They are found in the distribution of men in the armed forces by ages and by levels of education. The Adjutant General of the Army made available the facts about age and education level for the officers and enlisted men of the Army. The U. S. Office of Education wishes, therefore, to express its appreciation to The Adjutant General, and to the following offices which did laborious work in providing the data: The Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1; the Research Staff of the Information and Education Division Headquarters, Army Service Forces; and the Machine Record Division, Adjutant General's Office. Certain other facts have been included which help to interpret these distributions by age and education level. It is hoped that State and institutional planning groups will find this bulletin helpful in meeting a most important and difficult educational problem. FRED J. KELLY, Chief Division of Higher Education |