GI Bill & Other Education Benefits

Trib Live: GI Bill a ‘Cash Cow’ for Some Pennsylvania Schools

Federal records show that from 2011 to 2016, the for-profit school that graduates just 3.6 percent of enrolled veterans reaped $65 million through the Post-9/11 GI Bill — making it the largest recipient of money [...]

VA’s Minority Veterans Report: Military Service History and VA Benefit Utilization Statistics

US Department of Veterans Affairs report:  "Minority Veterans Report: Military Service History and VA Benefit Utilization Statistics" (March 2017) https://www.va.gov/vetdata/docs/SpecialReports/Minority_Veterans_Report.pdf

VA Secretary Nominee David Shulkin commits to protecting veterans from deceptive, predatory colleges, answering Sen. Blumenthal

In this C-SPAN video, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, questions VA Secretary-Nominee David Shulkin on his commitment to protecting student veterans from deceptive, predatory colleges. At minute [...]

The Century Foundation: Truman, Eisenhower, and the First GI Bill Scandal

The 1944 GI Bill is rightly remembered as one of the most effective social policy programs in U.S. history. Thanks to the GI Bill, millions of soldiers returning from World War II had the opportunity [...]

The Military Coalition’s 2017 Legislative Agenda

Inside Higher Ed: Bill Seeks to Guarantee Veterans Are Career-Ready

Last week's U.S. Senate-approved spending bill contained a provision that seeks to block student veterans from using their GI Bill benefits on career programs that won't help them land a job. The Career Ready Student [...]

Benjamin Castleman, Francis Murphy, and William Skimmyhorn, Marching Across Generations? An Analysis of the Benefits Transfer Provision of the Post-9/11 GI Bill

This study explored the use of standardized tests within nursing programs. Standardized tests have been used within nursing programs for several decades (Shultz, 2010), but recently their use has increased. This rise in utilization may be [...]

Announcement of Data Sharing MOU Agreement between the Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs, Report: Education Denied: The Importance of Assisting Veterans Harmed by School Closures (Oct. 2016)

For over 70 years, the GI Bill has helped our nation’s veterans and their families obtain a high- quality education. In 2008, Congress expanded higher education benefits for a new generation of returning service members [...]

Letter from Ranking Member Takano supporting interagency research on GI Bill outcomes

VA’s Letter to the Census Bureau and American Institutes for Research, supporting interagency research project (2016)

Indiana Governor Mike Pence Letter to VA Secretary Calling for Reinstatement of GI Bill for Veterans at ITT Technical Institutes

As Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence sent a letter to the VA Secretary urging reinstatement of GI Bill for veterans at ITT Tech when it suddenly shuttered.