Reserve Recruiting And The College Market Is A New Educational Benefit Needed

Like the active components, the reserve components seek to attract and retain high-quality individuals to meet their enlistment requirements. These high-quality youth are increasingly interested in obtaining a college degree, making it more difficult for the active and reserve components to meet their enlistment goals. Today, about two-thirds of high school graduates enroll in college within a year of graduation. Rising college enrollment has put colleges in direct competition with the active components for high-quality high school graduates. In response, the active components of the Navy and Army have developed new recruiting programs that allow enlistees to attend college before assuming the duties of active military personnel. These recruiting programs represent a significant departure from the traditional educational incentives offered to potential enlistees, such as Montgomery GI Bill benefits that fund college after, not before, an enlistee fulfills his or her enlistment obligation.Asch, Beth is the author of 'Reserve Recruiting And The College Market Is A New Educational Benefit Needed', published 2004 under ISBN 9780833036865 and ISBN 0833036866.