DoD MOU

Defense Education Partnerships

DoD MOU

Through the DoD VolEd Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (DoD MOU), 2,494 educational institutions operating at 8,788 additional locations signed agreements that enable over 250,000 service members to use military Tuition Assistance (TA) to take more than 50,000 courses each year. In FY22, 1,909 colleges and universities completed annual tuition rate updates, representing 95% of all TA participants. Tuition rate updates enable Service TA systems to facilitate tuition payments accurately.

The MOU team provided technical guidance and support on more than 13,000 inquiries from colleges and universities. In addition to guiding tuition rate updates, the team’s support included technical assistance for 250 educational institutions selected for DoD’s VolEd Institutional Compliance Program (ICP). Providing support through the ICP process helped colleges and universities better understand how to comply with the DoD MOU and enabled institutional self-correction to improve the overall experience for military students.