GED Accessions in the Selected Reserve; How Long Do They Serve?

Abstract

A third of all high school dropouts earn a General Educational Development (GED) credential by passing an examination in math, science, and other academic skills. This report profiles those GED-holders who enter the Selected Reserve components and examines the issue of how long they serve. Concerns have been voiced lately about the increase in the proportion of GEDs being recruited by the reserves and what this means in terms of return on recruiting and training investment. In particular, the question of how comparable GEDs are to high school diploma graduates in terms of behavior is a critical one with important implications for recruiting policy. This report addresses this issue using data on FY86-FY94 entry cohorts; it examines both prior-service and nonprior-service gains into the Reserve components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA331793

Entities

People

  • Richard Buddin
  • Sheila N. Kirby

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Age Groups
  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Investments
  • Job Training
  • Losses
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Statistics
  • Training

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