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Citations:1. "U.S. GAO - VA Education Benefits: Student Characteristics and Outcomes Vary across Schools." U.S. GAO.GOV - VA Education Benefits: Student Characteristics and

Outcomes Vary across Schools. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2013.2. “Veterans' Graduation Rates Are Focus of New Partnership” By Libby Sander; Orlando, Fla. January 5, 2013. The Chronicle of Higher Education. N.p., Web 20 Sept. 2013

Neither retention nor degree completion

Both retention and degree completion

Degree completion only

Retention only

Degree completion only

Retention only

Most don’t know if their current initiatives are working

E�ectiveness of current initiatives to address stop-out or drop-out among undergraduate active military students and student veterans

5%what’s working

have

data

to showONLY

5%

31%

2%

54%

8%

effective, data to prove it

effective, no data

not effective, no data

to early to evaluate initiative

other

Institutions have limited information on drop-out reasons

Level of understanding of the root causes of stop-out or drop-out among undergraduate active duty military students and student veterans

1 in 4Only

understand the

issuesclaim toinstitutions

Institution has initial ideas, but needs to explore further

Not an issue given the institu-tion’s student body

ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY STUDENTS

STUDENT VETERANS

Institution is beginning to explore the issue

24% 21%

43%34%

Institution has detailed understanding of the issue

24% 25%

17% 11%

RETENTION ONLY

DEGREE COMPLETION ONLY

BOTH RETENTION AND DEGREE COMPLETION

NEITHER RETENTION NOR DEGREE COMPLETION

ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY

STUDENTSSTUDENT

VETERANS 36% YET

of these have goals forimproving outcomes

Percent of Institutions tracking retention and degree completion rates for active duty military and student veterans

Most institutions aren’t measuring either

72% track neither

retention nor

completion,

72%

22%

5%1%

26%

6%1%

67%

There is no good national data on outcomes

VA & DoD funding1

IN 2012

1.3 millions t u d e n t senrolled in college with

— VA, the National Student Clearinghouse, and Student Veterans of America are working together to find out2

some pundits claim thatcompletion rates are low,

but the reality is that

no one knowson education benefits.

VA and DoD

11billion$$$

spend

annually

Measuring outcomes is

key to the success of

active duty military students and student veterans