GI Bill & Military Benefits – Our Reports – Veterans Education Success

Q: Why Aren’t More Undergraduate Student Veterans Enrolling at Selective Colleges? Veteran Undergraduate vs Graduate Student Demographics

Selective colleges with high graduation rates enroll far fewer veterans pursuing undergraduate certificate, associate’s, or bachelor’s degrees than those seeking post-baccalaureate degrees such as master’s, PhD’s, or certifications. This Issue Brief explores demographic and enrollment differences between these two cohorts of veterans in order to identify (1) factors that may be contributing to this disparity and (2) interventions to increase the proportion of undergraduate veterans enrolling in selective institutions. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/issue-brief-6-why-arent-more-veterans-enrolling-selective-colleges.pdf"]

Q: Large For-Profit Schools Remain Dependent on Recruiting GI Bill Students Despite Overall Enrollment Declines

For several years, the media has reported on the decline in for- profit schools’ student enrollment. Missing in these articles are data on a key subset of students who are specifically targeted by for-profits—GI Bill students. For-profit schools have a financial incentive to recruit GI Bill students because of their guaranteed educational benefits and because those benefits are excluded from the 90% cap on proprietary school revenue from federal student aid. The Defense Department’s Tuition Assistance benefit for active-duty servicemembers are also excluded. Even though these benefits are federal revenue, they are counted as part of the 10% of revenue from “private” payers—individuals and employers who reach into their own wallets to pay tuition. A school’s ability to attract private payers was adopted as a proxy for quality but has never been tested because of this 90/10 loophole. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/issue-brief-4-enrollment.pdf"]

Q: For-Profit Schools' Post-9/11 GI Bill Revenue and Enrollment Declined from 2014 to 2016

In this brief, we report separately on total GI Bill enrollment and enrollment for only the Post-9/11 benefit. Post-9/11 revenue includes tuition payments for qualifying GI Bill students through the Yellow Ribbon program under which VA matches a school’s contribution to cover any gap between charges and the annual tuition cap at private-sector schools. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VES-Issue-Brief-3-Sector.FINAL_.v2.pdf" title="VES Issue Brief #3 Sector.FINAL.v2"]

Q: Schools Receiving the Most Post-9/11 GI Bill Tuition and Fee Payments Since 2009

This issue brief focuses on cumulative Post-9/11 payments to schools, not enrollment. Eight of the top 10 recipients of Post-9/11 tuition and fee payments from fiscal years (FY) 2009 through 2017 were for-profit schools. These 8 schools accounted for 20 percent of such payments ($34.7 billion) to all participating schools since 2009. Six of the top 10 schools were being investigated by, sued by, or had reached settlements with federal or state law enforcement agencies for actions such as misleading advertising and recruiting, and fraudulent loan programs. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gi-bill-cumulative-revenue-brief-2.pdf"]

Q: Repayment Status for First-Time Student Veterans 12 Years After Enrolling

Drawing on the National Center for Education Statistics' First Look report on Student Loan Debt, Repayment and Default, this Issue Brief highlights key findings on veteran student loan debt. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/repayment-status-first-time-student-veteran-12-years-after-enrolling.pdf"]

Why Aren’t More Undergraduate Student Veterans Enrolling at Selective Colleges? Veteran Undergraduate vs Graduate Student Demographics
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Why Aren’t More Undergraduate Student Veterans Enrolling at Selective Colleges? Veteran Undergraduate vs Graduate Student Demographics

Carrie Wofford2019-10-13T22:16:35+00:00November 28th, 2018|Categories: GI Bill & Military Benefits - Our Reports, Other VA Issues, Our Reports & Issue Briefs|Tags: Student Veterans|

Large For-Profit Schools Remain Dependent on Recruiting GI Bill Students Despite Overall Enrollment Declines
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Large For-Profit Schools Remain Dependent on Recruiting GI Bill Students Despite Overall Enrollment Declines

Carrie Wofford2019-10-07T21:41:48+00:00April 1st, 2018|Categories: GI Bill & Military Benefits - Our Reports|

For-Profit Schools’ Post-9/11 GI Bill Revenue and Enrollment Declined from 2014 to 2016
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For-Profit Schools’ Post-9/11 GI Bill Revenue and Enrollment Declined from 2014 to 2016

Carrie Wofford2019-10-07T21:42:40+00:00April 1st, 2018|Categories: GI Bill & Military Benefits - Our Reports|Tags: Federal Student Aid|

Schools Receiving the Most Post-9/11 GI Bill Tuition and Fee Payments Since 2009
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Schools Receiving the Most Post-9/11 GI Bill Tuition and Fee Payments Since 2009

Carrie Wofford2019-10-13T22:40:48+00:00March 12th, 2018|Categories: GI Bill & Military Benefits - Our Reports|

Repayment Status for First-Time Student Veterans 12 Years After Enrolling
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Repayment Status for First-Time Student Veterans 12 Years After Enrolling

Carrie Wofford2019-10-13T22:39:35+00:00October 12th, 2017|Categories: GI Bill & Military Benefits - Our Reports, Our Reports & Issue Briefs|Tags: For-Profit School|

The 85-15 Rule and Related GI Bill Safeguards

GI Bill Payments and Enrollment, Fiscal Years 2009 to 2018

VA and SAA Approval and Disapproval Authority Should Be Clarified