Recent government sanctions against predatory for-profit colleges that preyed on veterans by using inflated job promises have opened the window on the wider challenges of helping veterans transition from service to higher education.
This week, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against DeVry University claiming the for-profit deceived students with claims that its graduates make more money and that 90 percent of its graduates seeking work found jobs in their field within six months of graduation. In a statement DeVry vowed to “vigorously contest” the suit it calls baseless.
More than 1 million veterans and their families are taking advantage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill to attend college. But thousands are still attracted to for-profit schools. Are they aiming high enough? Are for-profits really the best fit for those who served?
The for-profit sector has marketed aggressively to members of the military and even enrolls them online while they’re stationed overseas. A 2014 Senate report shows that eight for-profit college 
companies got about a quarter of all the funds spent on GI Bill benefits in 2012-2013. The report also says, on average, for-profit schools cost twice as much as educating veterans at public colleges.
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