More Veterans Will Enroll in 4-Year Colleges
The American Council on Education released a report towards the end of August, 2009, on the basis of which, the new GI Bill could increase the number of veterans along with active-duty servicemen who get full-time enrollment and take classes of four-year college institutions.
The report derives its results from current attitudes of veterans as revealed from a number of government studies. In the educational year of 2007/2008, undergraduate veterans and servicemen who gained federal tuition perquisites were 15% more expected to attend college on a full time basis and 9% expected to attend a 4-year public college as compared to veterans and service men who did not gain the tuition benefits in any way. The report shows that in the same educational year, 43% of veterans and the servicemen attended 2-year public colleges, whereas 21% took classes in 4-year public institutions. Astonishingly, a stunning 13% part of the enrollment was into the private for-profit and non-profit colleges.
According to a survey, nearly half of the fresh veterans and servicemen referred to college tuition and fees as a highly influential factor in making choice for college enrollment. The GI Bill provides veterans of the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq with sufficient assistance to get enrollment in the most classy state universities and colleges.
The report, which derives its data from numerous government studies, bases its results on the understanding of recent veterans. In 2007-8, undergraduate veterans and service members who gained federal tuition benefits were 15 percentage points more anticipated to get full time enrollment in college and nine percentage points more likely to enroll in a four-year public college as compared to veterans and service members who did not earn the benefits. That year, around 43 percent of veterans and service members got enrolled in two-year public colleges, while 21 percent attended four-year public institutions. Private for-profit and nonprofit colleges both had around a 13-percent share of the enrollment.
Another government study shows that about half of recent veterans and service members surveyed referred to cost as a key factor in determining the college they want to attend. The new GI Bill, which was implemented on August 1, offers veterans of the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan with sufficient assistance to get enrollment in the most classy state universities and colleges.
According to Alexandria Walton Radford, the author of the report, these prolonged benefits are expected to push veterans to look for admission into more costly colleges chiefly if those institutions show openness to their demands.
As open as the report was, it fails to consider the influence that the prolonged tuition benefits could have on enrollment in private institutions and at the same time doesn’t take into account of any issues confronted by veterans transitioning into the education network; neither does it extend proposals as to the way colleges can be turned into more “veteran-friendly”.
Sheila Danzig is founder of Degree.com, http://www.degree.com and Career Consulting International, http://www.TheDegreePeople.com and BG Publishing International. Danzig holds a Bachelor’s degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York, a Masters degree from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, and a Doctorate from Universidad San Juan de la Cruz where he is currently a professor. Danzig has co-authored a paper on the acceptance of the 3-Year Indian degree which has been published at IMMIGRATION DAILY among other publications worldwide. The books she has written include, One Year to Your College Degree, The Big Book of College Scholarship and others.
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