RAND Research Brief: The Montgomery G.I. Bill
Abstract
Military recruiting faces a new generation of challenges. Some services are even missing their recruiting targets-an event that can have major implications for miiitary readiness and cost-for the first time in nearly two decades. Many argue that increasing the educational benefits attached to military service is an important part of the solution to recent recruiting problems. Such benefits have long been used to attract youth to the military. And potential recruits are growing more interested in attending college even while college costs are skyrocketing. Yet the military's most widely used education program, established by the Montgomery GI Bill, has not kept pace. Concerns about this program's adequacy were raised by the Congressional Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance in the January 1999 "Principi Report." The Principi Report recommended providing GI Bill benefits that covered most of the costs of post-secondary education.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA381264
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- RAND Corporation