The Other 85 Percent

I have repeatedly posted on the failings of the 21st Century GI Bill and its negative impact on veterans.  The VA is insisting on pressing forward with implementation when the evidence keeps piling on that the bill is seriously flawed and unfair.  The article below from the April 29, 2009, Inside Higher Ed provides one [...]

On Jan. 29, Inside Higher Ed carried the following story:
Under the new GI Bill, which will cover tuition up to the rate for the most expensive public institution in the state, costlier private colleges can opt to enter into a matching program with the federal government to waive the balance. There may be fewer takers [...]

I have written for months that the 21st Century GI Bill was unfair because it denied veterans who attend a higher education program online access to the housing allowance that would be paid to those attending a face-to-face program.
http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/07/what-is-wrong-with-the-21st-century-gi-bill
http://www.theother85percent.com/2009/01/more-on-the-gi-bill-%e2%80%93-shouldn%e2%80%99t-our-vets-be-allowed-to-decide-where-they-go-to-college/
The latest explanation for why policy-makers went this route is that they assumed that online students [...]

I first wrote about the problems in the 21st Century GI Bill last July. Well, the problems are finally getting some media attention.
When asked by the reporter for Inside Higher Ed who wrote this recent article why I thought that the bill included the disincentive for distance education, my response is that I don’t know.  [...]

This recent coverage of the 21st Century GI Bill reveals that veterans tend to enroll in community college and for-profit institutions because of cost, convenience, and because these institutions cater to their needs. The bill is a very good thing for veterans and is the right thing to do. It basically provides veterans [...]