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Direct linkShireman, Robert – Century Foundation, 2019
For-profit colleges do not always recruit aggressively; nor do they always shortchange students. But the problem of colleges systematically overpromising and underdelivering, when it does happen, has largely been a for-profit phenomenon. The abuses have been the most widespread and most damaging when they have been fueled by government grants and…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Educational Policy, Government Role, Educational Malpractice
Sander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
As the Post-9/11 GI Bill nears its fourth year, with more than 550,000 veterans enrolled in thousands of institutions, advocacy groups, lawmakers, and President Obama warn that veterans are vulnerable in a higher-education marketplace eager for their GI Bill dollars--with some purveyors, particularly for-profits, recruiting aggressively. The…
Descriptors: Veterans, College Choice, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedBrown, Patricia A.; Gross, Charles – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2011
An increasing number of veterans and military students are seeking to complete degrees online and through enrollment at campuses across the nation. Their increased numbers present some unique challenges and opportunities. Post 9/11, Chapter 33 GI Bill funding is enticing more institutions to look at the veteran and military population as a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Veterans Education, Military Personnel, Veterans
US Senate (NJ3), 2012
In accordance with Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (the committee) holds legislative jurisdiction over all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to education and student loans and grants. Proprietary schools and institutions…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Higher Education, Federal Aid, Grants
US Senate (NJ3), 2012
In accordance with Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (the committee) holds legislative jurisdiction over all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to education and student loans and grants. Proprietary schools and institutions…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Higher Education, Federal Aid, Grants
US Senate (NJ3), 2012
In accordance with Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (the committee) holds legislative jurisdiction over all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to education and student loans and grants. Proprietary schools and institutions…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Higher Education, Federal Aid, Grants
US Senate (NJ3), 2012
In accordance with Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (the committee) holds legislative jurisdiction over all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to education and student loans and grants. Proprietary schools and institutions…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Higher Education, Federal Aid, Grants
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1986
This briefing report provides an evaluation of Department of Defense (DOD) plans to terminate the new GI Bill and revert to the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP). Comments are made regarding the positions of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the military service. These findings are summarized: estimated cost to…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Military Service, Postsecondary Education
Fernandez, Richard L. – 1982
In 1976 Congress terminated the largest federal program of direct student assistance, the GI Bill. This study followed in the wake of growing dissatisfaction with the existing program and of recruiting difficulties experienced by the services during the late 1970s. This report presents the history and results of the Educational Assistance Test…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Armed Forces, Enlisted Personnel, Feasibility Studies
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1982
This document is a transcript of the eighth hearing of the United States House Committee on Veterans Affairs covering plans for a new GI education program for the all-volunteer military (development of House Resolution 1400). Testimony was given by U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, Representative Robert W. Edgar (subcommittee chairman), and…
Descriptors: Adults, Armed Forces, Educational Opportunities, Enlisted Personnel
