Author : Labor and Pensions Committee, United States Senate, United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478338789
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (387 download)
Book Synopsis Benefitting Whom? For-Profit Education Companies and the Growth of Military Educational Benefits by : Labor and Pensions Committee, United States Senate, United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Download or read book Benefitting Whom? For-Profit Education Companies and the Growth of Military Educational Benefits written by Labor and Pensions Committee, United States Senate, United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational benefits provided to service members and veterans increase the readiness and efficiency of our armed forces, aid veterans in adjusting to civilian life, and increase their opportunity to obtain well-paid and rewarding employment. With passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill on June 30, 2008, and expansion of existing education programs through the Department of Defense, Congress and the country committed to provide this generation of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans the same opportunity to access or advance through the middle class as previous generations receiving GI bill benefits. Serious questions have emerged about the share of the military educational benefit pool going to for-profit schools with questionable outcomes. Congress may have unintentionally subjected this new generation of veterans to the worst excesses of the for-profit industry: manipulative and misleading marketing campaigns, educational programs far more expensive than comparable public or non-profit programs, and a lack of needed services.