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Article: Military Education: DOD Needs to Enhance Performance Goals and Measures to Improve Oversight of Military Academies.
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- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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GAO-03-1000 September 10, 2003
Graduates of the service academies operated by the Army, Navy, and Air Force currently make up approximately 18 percent of the officer corps for the nation's armed services. The academies represent the military's most expensive source of new officers. The Department of Defense (DOD) pays the full cost of a student's 4-year education at the academies; and the related cost has increased over the past 4 years. Admission to the academies is highly competitive. The academies use a "whole person" method to make admission decisions. Recent studies by the Air Force raised questions about possible adverse effects of whole person admissions ...