WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security will hold a hearing titled "Improving Educational Outcomes for our Military and Veterans," on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The hearing will examine ways to incentivize non-profit and for-profit colleges to provide a better quality education to our nation's active duty military and our nation's veterans. Witnesses at the hearing will assess the 90/10 rule in place for for-profit schools and how it could be modified to better serve veterans and active duty military students. Furthermore, the hearing will identify cases of abuse of the Post-9/11 GI Bill by predatory schools and address ways to combat this abuse.

"We ask so much of our men and women in uniform and their families. It is important that we ensure that our service members and our veterans are receiving a quality, affordable education, and that the taxpayer dollars used to pay for that education are not being wasted," said Sen. Carper. "Recently, several reports have described troubling stories of how some schools have exploited our student veterans and military personnel. I believe we have a moral imperative and a financial imperative to ensure that the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education are doing everything they can to prevent these kinds of abuses. I called attention to this issue at a hearing earlier this year. This hearing provides another opportunity for our subcommittee to examine the quality of education that our troops and veterans are receiving and how it can be improved. This will help us better protect not just our federal dollars, but also the well-being and future of our students."

WHAT:
U.S. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security hearing, "Improving Educational Outcomes for our Military and Veterans"

WHEN:
Thursday September 22, 2011
1:30 p.m.

WHERE:
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

WITNESSES

(subject to change)

Panel I:

The Honorable Jim Webb
United States Senator
State of Virginia

Panel II:

Curtis Coy
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity
Veterans Benefits Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Mr. Coy will be accompanied by
Keith Wilson
Director of the Education Service
Veterans Benefits Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel III:

Ted Daywalt
President
VetJobs

Ryan Gallucci
Deputy Director
National Legislative Service
Veteran of Foreign Wars of the United States

Russell Kitchner
Vice President for Regulatory and Governmental Relations
American Public University System

Greg Von Lehmen
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
University of Maryland University College