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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
Peer reviewedCox, William E.; Jobe, Catherine C. – Educational Record, 1988
The military is drawing a large share of minority students by offering recruits training, further education, and decent pay. It is less advisable for academia to compete with the military for students than to see military personnel as potential students. (MLW)
Descriptors: Competition, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Fringe Benefits, Higher Education
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
PDF pending restorationEisenman, 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
Fernandez, Richard L. – 1980
This study examined positive and normative policy issues in the use of educational benefits as military service enlistment incentives. A test of the attractiveness of enhancements to the Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) has been underway since January 1979. The enhancements, called VEAP "kickers," are limited to high…
Descriptors: Adults, Armed Forces, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
Development and Implementation of the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977.
McGaughey, Leon Y. – 1978
In terminating the GI Bill, Congress provided an alternative benefit to military personnel by passing Public Law 94-502, the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 (VEAP). The purpose of VEAP was to provide educational assistance to men and women entering the armed services after termination of the GI Bill, to assist young…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Armed Forces, Career Awareness, Doctoral Dissertations
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Ed.; Asch, Beth J., Ed. – 2003
This publication explores the enlistment potential of college-market youth by examining the characteristics of the college-market population and the implications of these characteristics for designing effective recruiting policies. Chapter 1, "Introduction: Trends and Theoretical Considerations" (M. Rebecca Kilburn, Beth J. Asch),…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Career Choice, College Bound Students, Dropouts
Thirtle, Michael R. – 2001
The educational benefits and officer-commissioning opportunities available to U.S. military service members were reviewed to identify ways of attracting college-eligible youth into the military. Data were collected through a review of published directives and reports, interviews with personnel within the military services, a review of historical…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, College Bound Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis
