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... -significantlyraise the pricetagto the Americantaxpayerwithoutyielding the anticipatedgainfor military members and theirfamilies.Notonlyare the military educational benefits flowingto the for-profit schoolsoutpacing the overallrevenue growth of thoseschools, the military revenue growth of the companies isalsooutpacing the spending growth in the VA and DoD education programs.Between2009 and 2010, the total military revenuesfor the for-profit schoolsincreasedby211percent,but the over-allbudgetsoutlaysfor the VA and DoD educational benefits increasedbyonly112percent.Whilepassage of the Post-9/11GIBillisakeyreasonfor the increaseinfundingflowingto for-profit schools,fundsfrom the DoDprogramsarealsoincreasingrapidly.Thisisatrendthatislikelytocontinuegiven the recruitingfocusthathasbeenbroughtto the eligiblepopulations of activedutyservicemembers and families, and the recognitionby the for-profit education companies thatTuitionAssistance benefits canbesupplementedbyhavingservicemembersaccessPost-9/11GI benefits inmanycases. The MyCAAspouseeligibilityprogrammayaccountforasignificantportion of the growth inDepartment of Defensedollars, and mayslowwith the eligibilitychangesimplementedbyDoD.However,because the cost of attendingmany for-profit schools,evenwith military discountsprovidedby the schools,oftenexceeds the $250percredithourpaymentavailablethrough the TuitionAssistanceprogram,manyactivedutyservicemembersmaybesupplementingtheirTuitionAssistance benefits withPost9-11GI-Bill benefits through the Top-Upprogramtocover the costdifference.Asaresult,both the number of activedutyservicemembersattending for-profit schools and the DoDprogramdollarsarelikelytocontinuetoincrease.Eighteen companies thatprovideddocumentsto the HELPCommitteedifferentiatedrevenuesfrom the Department of VeteransAffairs and the Department of Defensefor the entireperiod2006through2010.Inthatperiod,Department of Defense educational benefits paidtotheseschoolsincreasedfrom$40millionin2006toanexpected$175.1millionin2010,a337.4percentincrease.Department of VeteransAffairs educational benefits paidtotheseschoolsincreasedmorethantenfoldfrom$26.3millionin2006toanexpected$285.8millionin Of ... -practices, the highcost of for-profit programs and the disparateshare of federal military educational dollarsalreadyflowingtotheseschools,Congress and the agenciesneedtobesurethat the newlyenactedbenefitprogramsarenotbeingexploitedbythosewhoprioritizeadvancement of the bottomlineover the advancement of studentveterans.Trendsindicatethatmanyveteransdrawnto for-profit education companies (asaresult of majorfocusedrecruitingefforts)maynotsee the educational resultsthatCongressenvisioned. The Committeehaspreviouslydemonstratedthat the majority of studentsenrollingin for-profit schoolsemergewithdebtbutwithoutadiploma.Basedondefaultrates and loanrepaymentrates,evenforthosewhocomplete for-profit education programs,seriousquestionsexistaboutwhether the high-costdegreesyield the promisedaccesstohigher-payingjobs.Congresstogetherwith the Department of VeteransAffairs and the Department of Defenseneedtoactnowtoensurethesenewbenefitprogramsworkbyaskinghardquestionsabout the quality and outcomes of education at for-profit schoolsreceivingdisproportionatelylargeamounts of federalmoney.UnitedStatesSenateHEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONSCOMMITTEETomHarkin,Chairman Benefitting Whom? For-Profit Education Companies and the Growth of Military Educational Benefits December8,2010- ... Asecondcompany,thisonepubliclytraded,similarlysawasignificantincrease of military benefits in2009 and 2010.Unfortunately,itisimpossibletoexamine the increasebecause the companynevertracked the amount of military educational benefits receivedpriorto2009, and hasfailedtoprovideabreakdown of howmuch of the military educational benefits itreceivedisfrom the DoD and howmuchisfromVA.25Similarly, the companyfailedtoprovide the HELPCommitteewith the number of studentsreceiving military benefits foranyyearexcept2009,when the companystatedittheyenrolled2,764studentsreceiving military benefits. 25Priortopassage of the Post-9/11GIBill,VA benefits wereprovideddirectlytostudents and anumber of schoolsinsistthatitdidnottrackthosedollarsas military educational benefits butmerelyasstudentpaidtuition.Itisunclearhowever,giventhatmanysmallerschoolsdidtrackthesedollars,whylargepubliclytraded companies wouldnothaveengagedinbetterrecordkeepingpractices.-...

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... www.hsrcpress.ac.za14Percy฀Moleke15Inequalities฀in฀Higher Education and the Structure of the Labour฀Marketin education or฀in the labour฀market,฀have฀done฀little฀to฀address the inequalities of the past. The lack of labour฀ market฀information฀ and proper฀ ... especially฀those฀who฀hold฀general฀bachelor’s฀degrees,฀their฀qualifications฀serve฀only฀as฀a฀signal฀ of their฀potential฀to฀employers.฀In฀many฀cases,฀they฀take฀longer฀to฀realise฀employment฀ and when฀they฀do฀their฀entry฀level฀jobs฀do฀not฀necessarily฀require the years of schooling฀they฀possess.฀They฀start฀at the bottom of the job฀ladder and have฀to฀prove฀themselves฀in the labour฀market฀to฀reach฀higher฀income฀levels.฀A฀combination of their฀potential฀ and training฀will฀determine฀their฀progression฀up the ladder.฀As฀will฀be฀seen฀in the next฀section, the field of study,฀which฀signals the type of skills฀acquired฀through education, ฀plays฀a฀significant฀role฀in฀employability of university฀graduates฀in฀this฀case.Percy฀MolekeFree ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za1Inequalities฀in฀Higher Education and the Structure of the Labour฀MarketIntroduction The relationship฀between education and economic growth and development฀in฀South฀Africa฀has฀been฀widely฀studied and its฀importance฀acknowledged.฀Higher education has฀a฀particularly฀important฀role฀to฀play฀in the overall฀development of the economy.฀It฀has฀over the years฀provided฀society฀with฀highly฀skilled,฀professional฀workers and must฀continue฀to฀do฀so.฀Higher education also฀has฀a฀key฀role฀to฀play฀in฀extending educational benefits to the disadvantaged,฀thus฀contributing฀to฀equal฀opportunities and fairness.฀However,฀for฀these฀roles฀to฀be฀realised, the education system฀has฀to฀be฀effective and efficient฀with฀improved education outcomes. The changing฀nature of labour฀markets฀is฀placing฀a฀premium฀on฀technical฀expertise and occupational฀competencies฀as฀well฀as฀on the matching of educational qualifications฀with฀prospective฀employment.฀All฀this฀has฀...

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