Elsewhere, the report found some positive gains by grantees. In one case, an Alaska Native college was able to use grant funds to offer online courses in remote rural villages. GAO also said Title III and Title V grantees spent 43 percent of federal funds on academic quality, including technology improvements, and one-third of funds on student support services such as tutoring and academic support.
The study, Management Attention to Long-Standing Concerns Needed to Improve Education’s Oversight of Grant Programs, GAO-09-309, is available from the Government Accountability Office at gao.gov.
