Report: College Is Failing Young U.S. Veterans

Even though an expanded GI Bill has helped make college more affordable for vets, most don't think college meets their needs, a Gallup survey shows.
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Higher education is failing U.S. military veterans despite expansions to the GI Bill, according to a report released today, but some institutions are doing a better job than others.

Less than a third of college graduates who had served in the military said that their university catered to their needs, according to a Gallup-Purdue survey of 3,735 veterans. At private for-profit and private nonprofit universities, the rate was a little higher, at 36 percent. At public universities, only 24 percent felt their needs were met.