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DeVos Stacks Deck on For-Profit Colleges

When Betsy DeVos announced she would repeal and replace the Obama administration’s rules to protect students and taxpayers against predatory for-profit colleges, one of the signs that she was stacking the deck was the announcement that her Department of Education would select not the traditional two, but instead four, representatives of for-profit colleges to be […]

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Maryland Waives Fee for Service Members, Vets

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The University of Maryland is proud to announce a new college application fee waiver for members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Driven by the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success–of which UMD is a member–the initiative will allow veterans and current service members to apply for free […]

Nonprofit Helps Veterans Get to Law School

Law school final exams next month might seem like the worst thing in the world to some law students. Not Eric Gilliland. He has a different way of thinking about law school after being in the U.S. Army Special Operations for six years, deploying to Jordan and Turkey. Veterans who have deployed and seen combat […]

Women Recommend Military Service to Students

HOPEWELL — Serving in the military has been an excellent career choice for four women who participated in a panel discussion Thursday as part of a series of events this week at Finger Lakes Community College to celebrate and commemorate Veterans Day. Barbara Kasulaitis, Belinda Gullette Miller, Althea Mix-Bryan and Jessica Daigle Jones agreed women […]

Council on Military Education Elects New VP

Robert Healy, director of veterans services at Niagara University, has been named vice president of the New York State Advisory Council on Military Education. The advisory council is comprised of 129 representatives from approximately 60 institutions of higher education. Its goal is to promote and support quality education programs that are available to military-aliened students […]

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New Report Offers Best Financial Practices for Colleges’ Roles in Student Success

College affordability and a clear understanding of financial aid are among the biggest challenges low-income students pursuing a higher education face. Education experts say that colleges and universities can play a larger role in increasing student success by changing their financial aid practices, according to a new report. The new report by the Jack Kent […]

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Ashford University G.I. Bill Eligibility in Jeopardy

Ashford University’s eligibility to enroll GI Bill users is once again in jeopardy. The Department of Veterans Affairs has deemed the school’s state-level approval “legally insufficient” and issued a notice to Ashford, a top enroller of military students, that it has 60 days to comply with the law or lose its ability to receive VA […]

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College of William and Mary Turns Veterans into Teachers

RICHMOND, Va.— After 22 years in the Army, it was time for Jimmy Kimbrough to change careers. He had been commissioned out of West Point, did a tour in Iraq and a year in Korea. The time was approaching for a career switch or retirement. Kimbrough, 45, chose the former but still wanted that same […]

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Florida Governor Recognizes Educators

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Most of the 18 educators honored with the Governor’s Shine Awards at Tuesday’s Florida Cabinet meeting were selected because they served in the U.S. military before they they became teachers in the state’s public schools. The Shine Award is presented to teachers and administrators in Florida who make significant contributions to the […]

Veteran Encourages Others to Pursue Education

With a combat tour in Afghanistan and a deployment training foreign soldiers, Cody Brown is a great example of those celebrated on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. And like most veterans, he’s not eager to share his experiences. He shakes his head at the title of “hero.” Brown would rather talk about his future than his […]

Adult Learners Club Provides a Haven

With a baseball cap and a backpack, anyone can become almost invisible in the sea of students walking across Penn State’s campus, no matter their age. This makes it easy for adult learners to blend in to the crowd. “Everyone assumes that I am 20, 21 — that I am their age,” Melissa Mercado, president […]

Wounded Warrior Survey Details Challenges

The Wounded Warrior Project has released its 2017 survey results. The organization says the survey was completed by 34,000 veterans this year. The results showed that more injured veterans are trusting the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care concerns. The results also showed that more warriors are gainfully employed than in past years. Below […]

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