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092739 1 (1970-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacugc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CIVIL DIVISION Q9Q2/< H / UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 JUN 3 01970 Dear Mr. Rhodes; 'i00 hA AVN AB We have completed our review of the need for State Approving Agencies (SAAs) to visit accredited institutions of higher learning (IHLs) to approve courses and make supervisory and inspection vlsits. Our review was made at the Veterans Administration (VA) Regional / Offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, and Waco, Texas; (7 and at the VA Central Office in Vashington, D. C. We reviewed the work performed by the SAAs in meeting the requirements of 38 U.S.C., chapter 36, V We interviewed officials of (1) the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Vashington, D. C., (2) the National Commission on Accrediting, WJashington, D. C., (3) the SAAs in Austin, Texas, and Sacramento, California, (4) the VA Regional Offices in Los Angeles and San Francasco, California, and Waco, Texas, and (5) the VA Central Office, Washington, D. C. We also interviewed school officials and veterans clerks at certain accredited IBLs in California. On June 23, 1969, we submitted to you a draft of our proposed report to the Congress entitled Savings Available by Changing Procedures for Approving Courses of Study Under the Educational Assistance Programs of the Veterans Administration. We proposed that SAA visits to accred- ited IHLs be eliminated because we believed that (1) accreditation recognized by the Office of Education is a reliable indicator of the quality of education offered by an IL and provides reasonable assurance that the school maintains adequate records and (2) VA's visits to IHls could provide sufficient review of schools' reporting procedures and maintenance of records. In your letter of October 7, 1969, you commented: Based on demonstrated accomplishment, we are completely satisfied with the role of SAAs in the approval of courses and inspection of institutions of higher learning. Those findings, however, have prompted us to question the need for VA compli- ,ance surveys of institutions of higher learning. As a result we will discontinue these surveys except in cases of demon- strated need disclosed by liaison visits, complaints, etc. This will accomplish most of the cost saving objectives of the report. 092 7 37 U /1 ,19

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