The draft became lottery-based and deferments were all but eliminated. Students at places like Kent State were facing the fact that a student deferment only lasted to the end of the term. Some were facing the prospect of being drafted in a matter of months, or even weeks.
There's an appallingly tragic irony in Kent State ... students (with their deferments) facing National Guardsmen (with their deferments). College and the National Guard were the two most common ways of staying out of Viet Nam. Compounding the irony is the fact that that day on the campus of Kent State was not unlike EVERY DAY in Viet Nam. Every day. Except the weather (and food) was better in Ohio.
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