Tracking Outcomes of Voluntary Military Education Programs: A Data Analysis : Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) , April 30 , 2021
April 30, 2021
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
Tracking Outcomes of Voluntary Military Education Programs: A Data Analysis : Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) , April 30 , 2021
April 30, 2021
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
From the report, "The Department of Defense (DOD) provides educational benefits to Servicemembers and their spouses that are aimed at easing the financial burden of continuing education. The two primary programs are Tuition Assistance (TA) and My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA). All Services provide the same TA benefits: up to $250 per semester credit hour up to a maximum of $4,500 in tuition per fiscal year (FY). The complementary program to TA for military spouses is MyCAA, which is available for spouses of Servicemembers in paygrades E1–E5, O1–O2, or W1–W2, provided the Servicemember is serving on active-duty Title 10 orders. MyCAA is primarily viewed as a workforce development program that helps military spouses obtain the licenses and education necessary for employment in portable career fields and occupations.
The 2014 DOD Appropriations Bill mandated a study tracking the outcomes of those who receive either Tuition Assistance (TA) or My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA). The metrics requested by Congress included the graduation rate, the number of program participants, the number of courses taken per participant, the course completion rate, and the average cost per course (both to the TA program and to the Servicemembers/spouses). In this report, we present tables containing the statistics necessary to satisfy the congressional requirement and discuss some revealing differences across Services and over time."
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