Amend the 85/15 Rule
The 85/15 Rule - a requirement that education programs enroll at least 15% non-Veterans to ensure schools are not cheating Veterans Affairs (VA) - has indirectly hurt many Veterans pursuing…
Changes to the 85/15 Rule Will Negatively Impact Student Veterans
On July 31, 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will implement a regulatory change to the so called “85/15 Rule”, which will adversely affect some Veterans from receiving their…
Missing Out on Higher Education for All the Wrong Reasons
You never realize how important school is until someone tells you that you can’t go anymore. You think back to all the times you complained about professors giving you homework…
Webinar with Paul Fain & Jason Delisle
If you missed the webinar with Paul Fain, the former editor of Inside Higher Ed, and AEI Fellow Jason Delisle, discussing our study on the impact of changing the 90/10…
Roundtable Webinar: Impacts of Changing 90/10
Last week, we released a study highlighting the impacts of changing the 90/10 rule. Among other findings, the study revealed that the proposed changes to 90/10 could have far-reaching unintended…
Strengthening Informed Consent for Prescription Medications
Currently, only-oral informed consent is required in the administration of most prescription drugs to Veterans, according to the 2020 Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Handbook. For Veterans, this commonly includes prescriptions…
Changes to 90-10 Rule Could Harm Veterans – Study Shows
Nearly 100,000 Veterans, Servicemembers, and their families could potentially lose the benefits they've sacrificed so much to earn. Our newly released peer-reviewed study shows that a change to a decades…
The Argument for USERRA for Students
Educational institutions are increasing their recruiting efforts towards members of the military community, however, Servicemembers enrolled in postsecondary programs of higher education lack adequate protections when activated for military service.…
A Different View on Quality Education for Student Veterans
One of the things I was responsible for while the Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity at the Department of Veteran Affairs was the GI Bill. During that time there…
Covid-19 Conditions Highlight Inequity Among Student Veterans
Student Veterans enrolled in distance-learning programs have relied on half as much of the typical Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) as Student Veterans who take traditional in-person courses. With many in-person…