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Are the schools that get the most GI Bill money spending the least on teaching?

The three schools receiving the most GI Bill money nationwide from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2017 – University of Phoenix, DeVry University and Strayer University, all of which are for-profit schools – spent only 15.3 percent, 12.4 percent and 10.9 percent respectively of their overall revenue on instruction in 2017.

By Joshua Axelrod

4 years ago

This federal program wipes away disabled vets’ student debt. They’re defaulting on their loans anyway.

About 42,000 veterans had been contacted, and 7,700 had had their loans discharged, according to information provided by the Education Department this week, leading advocates to wonder whether there’s more the federal government can do to expand its the benefit’s reach.

By Natalie Gross

4 years ago