Veteran Educators or For-Profiteers? Tuition Responses to Changes in the Post-9/11 GI Bill

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Baird, Matthew; Kofoed, Michael S.; Miller, Trey; Wenger, Jennie
• 署名单位: RAND Corporation; United States Department of Defense; United States Army; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; RAND Corporation
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1520-6940
• DOI: 10.1002/pam.22408
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 1012-1039
• 关键词: financial-aid; labor-market; student aid; colleges; outcomes; IMPACT

摘要

In 2010, Congress reauthorized the Post-9/11 GI Bill by changing reimbursement rates from by-state maximums to a nationwide limit. This policy created exogenous variation in financial aid for veterans at private universities. We detect changes in tuition only for for-profit colleges, where we estimate a 1 percent pass-through rate. This response is mainly from states with decreased benefits; colleges with more veterans, and colleges whose pre-change tuition was above the state maximum but below the new nationwide level had a pass-through rate of 8 percent. We also find a negative association between changes in benefits and overall student enrollment for for-profit colleges.