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How do we reward our veterans for putting their lives on the line? Most soldiers say they want an education, but the current benefits offered through the GI BIll are inadequate to say the least. According to Virginia Senator Jim Webb, a former marine and Vietnam vet, it’s a problematic cost of war: “We’re spending $8.2 billion this year on educational grants for people in this country, based purely on need, not for affirmative service of any kind. So this is a cost of war.”
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March 10, 2011 at 12:07 pm
The stark reality of shortchanging America's veterans | Learning Matters: Reporting you trust on education stories that matter says:
[...] the numbers on veterans and education, and concludes that it is, essentially, a cost of war. Listen to the story. Tags: afghanistan, army, college, Financial Aid, gi bill, Higher Education, iraq war, jim webb, [...]