05-10-2017, 04:35 PM
(05-10-2017, 04:30 PM)Dill Wrote: Au, we have a volunteer military now, right? One purpose of the GI Bill now is provide incentive to enlistment. It is hard to imagine the GI Bill simply disappearing.
If the military cannot compete with civilian opportunities, isn't it more likely the military would disappear? Or some equally expensive substitute would have to be found. Or at least conscription would have to reappear.
Maybe, maybe not. To some the military itself is the career. I'd be interested to know how many actually utilize (meaning graduate with a degree) the GI bill, before going too deep down the rabbit hole. I think certifications in trades provided as part of military training would be an interesting substitute to post military schooling. Would an employer be more willing to higher a potential employee for a welding job, lets say that is U.S. Army certified, versus local trade school? I think the idea of coming out of the military and not needing to go back to school would be a selling point for many people who currently use the GI Bill.
I don't know the answer but I'd think there are plenty of way we could provide similar opportunities post GI bill if we needed to. We could also offer better incentives to employees for hiring veterans and disregarding the often cumbersome "degree checkbox" that many companies put in today even when the degree is not really required to do the job. TO be perfectly honest, I think we are an over degreed and under qualified work force as is because of the "degree checkbox" culture we have grown in to.
