Government Accountability Office Reports

GAO Report: More Information Could Help Student Parents Access Additional Federal Student Aid

US Government Accountability Office report: More Information Could Help Student Parents Access Additional Federal Student Aid Highlights: "About 1 in 5 undergraduates were raising children in 2015-16, according to the Education Department. Child care costs [...]

GAO Report: POST-9/11 GI BILL Veterans Affected by School Closures

U.S. Government Accountability Office: Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Education Department Needs to Provide Better Information for the Loan Servicer and Borrower

As of April 2018, over a million borrowers had taken steps to pursue Public Loan Service Forgiveness (PSLF) from the Department of Education (Education), but few borrowers have been granted loan forgiveness to date. The [...]

U.S. GAO: Federal Student Loans: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Schools’ Default Rates

U.S. Government Accountability Office: U.S. Education Department Should Address Oversight and Communication Gaps in Its Monitoring of the Financial Condition of Schools

The Department of Education (Education) reviews the annual audits of postsecondary schools to assess compliance with financial responsibility standards for schools that participate in federal student aid programs and increases its oversight of schools that [...]

U.S. Government Accountability Office: Student Loans: Oversight of Servicemembers’ Interest Rate Cap Could be Strengthened

U.S. Government Accountability Office: Post-9/11 GI Bill: Additional Actions Needed to Help Reduce Overpayments and Increase Collections

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) identified $416 million in Post-9/11 GI Bill overpayments in fiscal year 2014, affecting approximately one in four veteran beneficiaries and about 6,000 schools. Overpayments most often occur when VA [...]

U.S. Government Accountability Office: DOD Education Benefits: Action is Needed to Ensure Evaluations of Post-Secondary Schools are Useful

U.S. Government Accountability Office: For-Profit Schools: Experiences of Undercover Students Enrolled in Online Classes at Selected Colleges

U.S. Government Accountability Office: DOD Education Benefits: Increased Oversight of Tuition Assistance Program is Needed

GAO recommends that DOD (1) improve accountability for recommendations made by third- party quality reviews, (2) develop a centralized process to track complaints against schools, (3) conduct a systemic review of its oversight processes, (4) take actions [...]

U.S. Government Accountability Office: For-Profit Colleges: Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged Fraud and Engaged in Deceptive Marketing Practices

Enrollment in for-profit colleges has grown from about 365,000 students to almost 1.8 million in the last several years. These colleges offer degrees and certifications in programs ranging from business administration to cosmetology. In 2009, [...]

GAO Report on VA Debt Collection from 1981

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released the following report titled "Legislation Plus Aggressive Action Needed to Strengthen VA's Debt Collection."