This document presents hearings before the Subcommittee on Education and Training of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, concerning separate tuition payments for Vietnam era veterans. Statements and testimony of interested group spokesmen and various Congressmen are presented with statistical data. (MJM)

Bills which have been introduced in the first session of the 92nd Congress on the subject of veterans' education and training benefits and which have been referred to the Veterans' Affairs Committees in either the House or the Senate are individually summarized. They are classified under the following headings: (1) educational assistance…

The subcommittee on education and training held hearings regarding educational benefits for post-Vietnam era veterans. Four main bills were presented as amendments to title 38 of the United States Code and formed the focus of discussion: (1) HR 2000, to entitle veterans to 45 months of educational assistance for all educational programs,…

The purpose of this study is to obtain institutional responses that would indicate how two newly-authorized veterans' programs, Advanced Payment (Section 1780, Title 38) and Work-Study (Section 1685, Title 38) are functioning within Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties in Michigan. Surveys were sent to 36 institutions, including all junior and…

A summary of new Congressional legislation, which promises far more federal aid to college students than to the institutions they attend." (Editor/SP)

This document records the oral and written testimony given at a Senate hearing to discuss proposed legislation changing veterans' benefits in education, employment, and home loan programs. Witnesses included Administration officials, executives of the Veterans Affairs Department, officials of the veterans' programs of the Department of Labor, and…

The aim of this thesis is to bring to bear the concepts, tools, and theories of human capital and human resources economics to evaluate the Federal Government's massive involvement in higher education under the World War II GI Bill of Rights. The major findings include estimates of total human capital formation by education, both during and after…

The following bills, or amendments thereto, were included in presentations before the Subcommittee on Readjustment, Education, and Employment concerning educational benefits for Vietnam era veterans: (1) S 2161, to increase allowances for veterans; (2) S 740, to make improvements in vocational rehabilitation and educational programs; (3) S 1776,…

The objective of the study is to provide a comparison of the educational assistance benefits available to returning servicemen under the three G.I. Bills that have been in effect since 1944. Most of the information deals with the almost 1.4 million veterans receiving educational benefits. Some data are included on the 19,500 vocational…

The Veterans Administration (VA) loan program was reviewed by the General Accounting Office (GAO) to determine if it was meeting its primary objectives as stated in the legislative history. The program is mandated to provide an additional source of financial aid to students attending high-tuition institutions who would otherwise be financially…

The problem with the G. I. Bill is that some veterans enroll in school, start collecting their monthly stipends, do not attend classes but keep on collecting. The Veterans Administration is trying to protect federal funds and is trying to stop the cheating, but it may not be doing the right thing. The real problem is seen to be more complex,…

Public Law 93-508 directed the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to conduct a thorough study and investigation of the administrative difficulties and opportunities for abuse that would be occasioned by enactment of some forms of variable tuition assistance allowance program, and to submit a report within a year. The report contains: background…

The purpose of the study was to compare the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently being carried out by the Veterans Administration with similar programs and educational assistance that the Veterans Administration made available to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. The highlights of the…

This workbook assists college and vocational school bound American Indian students in determining their financial needs and in locating sources of financial aid. A checklist helps students assess the state of their knowledge of financial programs; a glossary defines terms pertinent to the realm of financial aid (i.e., graduate study programs,…