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Castleman, Benjamin L.; Murphy, Francis X.; Patterson, Richard W.; Skimmyhorn, William L. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2021
The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large-scale experiment that encourages service members to consider the transfer option among a population that includes individuals for whom the transfer benefits are clear and individuals for whom the net-benefits are significantly more…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Military Personnel, Dependents
Barragan, Cassandra; Ryckman, Lyla; Doyle, Wayne – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2022
Effective veteran-student programs that include advising help to bridge military culture with campus culture. These programs assist with military-to-campus transitions and achieving veteran-student academic success. Persistent outreach is an advising strategy that includes proactive and intentional engagement that anticipates student concerns. The…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Generation College Students, Veterans, Outreach Programs
Serna, Gabriel R. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2019
This review explores the expanding role of federal aid policy considered from a contemporary and social justice perspective. It highlights recent trends in aid policy as well as difficulties that arise from the current system. Next, the review takes up an analysis of current aid policy that carefully considers equity and efficiency as primary…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Financial Support, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Policy
Bass, Elizabeth – Congressional Budget Office, 2019
Beginning August 1, 2009, the Post-9/11 GI Bill extended educational benefits to service members who were on active duty in the military on or after September 11, 2001. This GI Bill (officially the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008), the latest version of a law that helps veterans pay for higher education, provides more…
Descriptors: Veterans, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Student Financial Aid
Richard Eugene Gruber Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study used a qualitative exploratory approach to analyze existing data to determine the similarities and disparities among university programs and resources at public universities with a student population of at least 15,000 students. Depending on which university a veteran attends, there are varying resources available to them. This study…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Veterans Education
Bertoni, Daniel – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provided $9 billion in education benefits to service-members and veterans in fiscal year 2010, mostly through the new Post-9/11 GI Bill. In providing education benefits, VA relies on State Approving Agencies (SAA) to approve schools; and on schools to report students' enrollment status. US Government…
Descriptors: State Officials, Military Personnel, Veterans, Educational Benefits
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1981
These Congressional hearings contain testimony given in Nashville, Tennessee, concerning the administration, execution, and effectiveness of four rehabilitation, education, and training programs relating to veterans and their dependents that are administered by the Veteran's Administration. Programs reviewed are Vocational Rehabilitation; the G.I.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1983
These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the extension and modification of two federal programs for veterans, the Veterans' Readjustment Appointment Act (VRA) and the GI Bill. During the testimony, witnesses reviewed the effectiveness of VRA appointments. (A VRA is a noncompetitive appointment to a federal civilian job that…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation

Willenz, June A. – Educational Record, 1994
It is estimated that 35% of women veterans of World War II used some part of the benefits of the GI Bill, compared to 41% of men. Social factors (expectations and role perceptions), lack of knowledge of eligibility, and some discriminatory provisions may have kept women from taking greater advantage. (MSE)
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Females, Higher Education

Montgomery, G. V. "Sonny" – Educational Record, 1994
The history of the new GI Bill, which became effective in 1985 and is the first peacetime veterans' education legislation, is chronicled from 1969 by its author, and data on use of the bill's benefits to date are summarized. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational History, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1986
In 1983, Congress established the Veterans' Job Training Act (VJTA) Program to provide stable and permanent employment for Korean Conflict and Vietnam era veterans who have been unemployed for long periods of time. About 99 percent of VJTA participants are male, 81 percent are white, 90 percent are at least high school graduates, and over 80…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Outcomes of Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contracts with state approving agencies (SAAs) to assess whether schools and training programs offer education of sufficient quality for veterans to receive VA education assistance benefits when attending them. The General Accounting Office examined the gatekeeping activities of the VA and the Department of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Agency Role, Apprenticeships

Wilson, Reginald – Educational Record, 1994
The GI Bill is seen as the most revolutionary and radically empowering federal legislation to affect American higher education in the 20th century. The bill gave African American veterans more access to higher education than ever before, at government expense, and helped improve the quality of education at black colleges. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Education, Educational Change

Eisenman, Richard L.; And Others – 1975
A study was done to (1) examine the impact of terminating the G.I. Bill in respect to the number, quality, and representativeness of Service accessions (supply of volunteers for military services), and (2) provide a means for measuring the relative costs and benefits of alternative educational programs which might be needed to sustain military…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Enlisted Personnel, Federal Programs, Military Personnel

Bennett, Michael J. – Educational Record, 1994
The original World War II GI Bill fully subsidized education or job training for 7.8 million veterans, making college a realistic expectation rather than an impossible dream, and enabled millions to move to and develop the suburbs. This caused a true social revolution and fueled the longest economic boom in history. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Economic Progress, Educational History
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