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Originally Posted by MrBug708
I always assumed a lot of those degrees were targeted to people who wanted a higher degree to qualify for a promotion or ones that couldnt take a traditional college because of mostly life
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At least in the Army, "schools" like Phoenix and Excelsior have been promoted to soldiers as great way to increase your chances of promotion by maxing the educational component of the promotion process.
They get your GI bill money, you get a worthless degree and promotion points, and then when you get out you find that a degree from those schools is valued less than a high school diploma. So, if you actually have the time to see it through, it can help speed up a promotion into the Jr NCO ranks. However, that's not worth anything close to what you're paying from your GI bill to those schools.
And the current administration is doing everything they can to protect and de-regulate these schools. But increases in defense spending means they love the military right?