Tracking Outcomes of Voluntary Military Education Programs: A Literature Review

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) provides education benefits to servicemembers and their spouses. Two such benefits are Tuition Assistance (TA) and the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) program, designed to decrease the financial burden of higher education for military families. A dearth of information on the educational and financial outcomes of TA and MyCAA users prompted Congress to mandate in the 2014 DOD Appropriations Bill a study to document the aggregate graduation rates, financial indebtedness, and loan default rates of these military families. Here, we summarize information from the TA and MyCAA literature. Because little information is currently available, however, we also explore the civilian higher education literature on graduation rates, student debt, and loan default rates. This provides the relevant background information needed for the quantitative portion of this study, in which we will collect and analyze data on educational outcomes for TA and MyCAA users.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1181582

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth Clelan
  • Lauren Malone
  • Nolan Noble

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Distance Learning
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Training
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

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  • Medical or Health Care Field.
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