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Key Findings

1. The Post-9/11 GI Bill motivated some military veterans to pursue higher education.
2. The living allowance and direct payments to institutions were cited as important features of the law.
3. Key challenges involved claims processing and credit transfer.
4. Veterans program administrators and fellow veterans served as key sources of support to student veterans.
5. Institutions can help by providing veterans' program administrators with sufficient resources, offering campus information sessions for veterans, and encouraging veterans to form student communities.

Congressional passage of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 — better known as the Post-9/11 GI Bill — represented a vital renewal of the nation's commitment to U.S. service members to help ease the transition from combat to civilian life. The law, which took effect on August 1, 2009, significantly increased the higher education benefits available to eligible individuals who served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces after September 10, 2001. The result is the most generous education benefit for veterans since the original GI Bill, which took effect near the end of World War II.