Bowman, James L.; And Others Educational Assistance to Veterans: A "omparative.

The objective of the study is to provide a comparison of the educational assistance benefits available to returning servicemen under the three G.I. Bills that have been in effect since 1944. Most of the information deals with the almost 1.4 million veterans receiving educational benefits. Some data are included on the 19,500 vocational rehabilitation trainees and the 45,800 dependents who were receiving benefits as of April 1973. Much of the data on benefit programs is non-comparable. Most of the data analyzed came from V.A. files. Since the V.A. has no means of evaluating State Approving Agencies, it cannot judge their effectiveness. The rate of participation in educational benefits is substantially lower for black veterans. Special education programs for all educationally disadvantaged groups were better developed during the Vietnam Era than previously. In general, the "real value " of the educationa