VA education benefits, VA should strengthen its efforts to help veterans make informed education choices : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Contributor:

Emrey-Arras, Melissa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Veterans Administration--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Veterans Administration.

Veterans--Education--United States.

Veterans.

Educational counseling.

Veterans--Services for--United States.

Veterans--Education.

Veterans--Services for.

Genre:

Internet resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 82 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

VA should strengthen its efforts to help veterans make informed education choices

Department of Veterans Affairs

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

Summary:

In fiscal year 2013, VA provided over $12 billion in benefits for veterans' postsecondary education; however, questions have been raised as to whether some schools are receiving these funds as a result of inappropriate recruiting practices. GAO was asked to examine issues related to schools' recruitment of veterans. This report examines (1) how selected schools recruit veterans, (2) veterans' school search and recruiting experiences, and (3) VA's actions to help veterans make informed decisions and to identify inappropriate recruiting practices. For the first question, GAO interviewed officials from 9 schools and reviewed websites of 30 additional schools; both groups were selected for variation in sector (public, nonprofit, and for-profit) and other criteria. For the second question, GAO surveyed a nationally representative group of student veterans, producing results generalizable to the student veteran population. For the third question, GAO reviewed relevant federal requirements and agency documents and interviewed agency officials. GAO also spoke with veteran and higher education organizations. GAO recommends that VA improve outreach and accessibility of its educational counseling services and more consistently develop and communicate realistic timelines as it implements initiatives based on federal requirements. VA agreed with GAO's recommendations and noted its current efforts to improve its outreach and planning efforts. The Department of Education had no comments on our findings or recommendations.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on September 29, 2016).

"GAO-14-324."

"May 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover page (GAO, viewed January 7, 2015).

OCLC:

899265045