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Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Multi-spectral imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey

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Dec 1, 2025
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How did student deferments influence public opinion, campus protests, and antiwar movements?

Student deferments under the Cold War draft altered who fought and who protested: millions of undergraduates held II‑S/2‑S deferments that delayed induction and helped swell college enrollment, which ...

Jan 6, 2026

How did ending student deferments affect college enrollment and campus protests in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

Ending or curtailing student draft deferments in the mid-to-late 1960s removed a major legal escape valve that had been driving increased college attendance and converted academic vulnerability into p...