GI Bill funds go to for-profit schools

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jun/28/gi-bill-veterans-aid-private-forprofit-colleges/?st



At the Student Resource Center at the University of Phoenix in San Diego, students share ideas regarding their classes as well as help one another learn the procedures at the university

GI Bill funds go to for-profit schools
By Ashly McGlone10:14 a.m.
June 28, 2014

More than $600 million in federal financial aid for veterans has been spent in the past five years on schools in California that don’t meet the state’s own requirements for financial aid programs, according to a new report.

The Center for Investigative Reporting, based in the Bay Area, focused its report on Saturday on for-profit schools, saying they can leave veterans with worthless degrees and few job prospects, although the report said no state or federal agency tracks whether veterans graduate or find jobs.

The news outlet singles out the University of Phoenix campus in San Diego, which accepted the most GI Bill aid for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at $95 million.

Mark Brenner, chief of staff at Apollo Education Group, Phoenix’s parent company, told U-T San Diego that Phoenix goes above and beyond to serve military veterans.