Enlistment Effects of Military Educational Benefits

Abstract

Text of a briefing on a nationwide experiment offering special educational benefits for military enlistees. In 1981 the Department of Defense offered four Congressionally mandated benefit programs in balanced sets of geographical areas to test the effects on enlistments by 'high quality' youth. Rand analyzed the experimental data and results from two national surveys to evaluate the programs. The briefing reports that educational benefits can increase enlistments substantially, but that a uniform benefit offered to all recruits could have undesired effects, such as reducing enlistments in the Army and in combat specialties. Results imply that a benefit program targeted on specific subgroups can improve manning in hard-to-fill occupational specialties, while at the same time increasing the overall number of high-quality recruits. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117716

Entities

People

  • Bruce R. Orvis
  • J. Michael Polich
  • Richard L. Fernandez

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Experimental Data
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Manpower
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Specialists
  • Surveys

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