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Key Findings

RAND found that incentives are effective in recruiting individuals from the college market into the military. They include

• the Loan Repayment Program (LRP), i.e., repayment of federal college loans
• increases in enlistment bonuses and college stipend benefits
• programs that allow college dropouts to enlist without first returning to college.

Of these, the LRP was found to be the most cost effective for the military.