GI Bill Dollars

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Title: For-profit colleges getting more GI Bill dollars
Date: Justin Pope
Author: 9/22/2011

Data on the first two years of the program show more veterans — and more of the government dollars that follow them — went to for-profit chains. Of the $4.4 billion the Department of Veterans Affairs disbursed during the 2010-2011 academic year, $1 billion went to just eight for-profit schools. The top seven recipients were all for-profit institutions.
The largest single share went to the University of Phoenix, which collected $210 million through the program, up from $77 million a year ago. G.I. Bill funds for each of the other eight top for-profits also more than doubled from the previous ye

Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 359a9f978d

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Title: Too Much GI Bill Money Going To For-Profit Schools?
Date: Sept. 23, 2011
Author: Larry Abramson

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"The current Post-9/11 GI Bill has truly been usurped by predatory for-profit schools."
- Ted Daywalt, president of the service organization VetJobs

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/22/140712378/too-much-gi-bill-money-going-to-for-profit-schools

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Title: For-Profit Colleges, Vulnerable G.I.’s
Date: September 21, 2011
Author: HOLLISTER K. PETRAEUS

MILITARY personnel and their families are finding themselves under siege from for-profit colleges. A number of these schools focus on members of the armed forces with aggressive and often misleading marketing, and then provide little academic, administrative or counseling support once the students are enrolled.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/opinion/for-profit-colleges-vulnerable-gis.html?ref=opinion