Figure 3: Estimated Percentage of Student Veterans Who Reported Receiving Generally Inaccurate Information from Their Schools and Estimated Number of Student Veterans When Generalized to the Population

This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report: www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-324

 

VA EDUCATION BENEFITS: VA Should Strengthen Its Efforts to Help Veterans Make Informed Education Choices

 

Note: Percentages and the numbers of student veterans generalized to the population are based on respondents who obtained information, which varies for each item, and excludes those who did not look for or did not obtain information. Respondents who did obtain information from their school on a topic area could rate the information as

“generally accurate”, “generally inaccurate”, or “not sure”. The percentage of student veterans who considered school information to be generally accurate cannot be determined based on the percentage of students who considered school information to be generally inaccurate. For example, while 11 percent of student veterans we surveyed considered information on credits for military training or experience to be inaccurate, 73 percent considered this information to be accurate and 16 percent were not sure about the accuracy of the information. For this item, a lower number of respondents looked for or obtained information; thus, the number of student veterans generalized to the population is relatively smaller, despite having a higher percentage of respondents reporting that they received generally inaccurate information

 

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