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Companies Pledge 100,000 Jobs for Veterans

PHILADELPHIA, March 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Veteran Recruiting, DAV (Disabled American Veterans) DirectEmployers, and industry leading companies are teaming up to hire at least 100,000 veterans through the VetFriendly Jobs Initiative (VFJI). The group expects to add hundreds of companies who are equally committed to hiring veterans to fill their open positions. The goal of […]

Double-Amputee Vet Joins NYPD

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — The wounded warrior is now a cop — and he’ll be walking the beat on titanium legs. Matias Ferreira, a former U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal who lost his legs below the knee when he stepped on a hidden explosive in Afghanistan in 2011, is joining a suburban New York police department. […]

Justice Eludes Former Corinthian Students

Former Corinthian College students who were seeking to have their private loans discharged after the giant for-profit higher education company collapsed have been denied their day in court. In July, Deborah Terrell, a former Corinthian student, filed a class action lawsuit against three loan servicing companies—Turnstile Capital Management (Turnstile), Balboa Student Loan Trust (Balboa), and […]

Do Homework on Schools, Veteran Warns

Alex Austin is on his way to a career he never dreamed possible, thanks in part to the Post-9/11 GI Bill. But Austin, who graduates from the University of Pittsburgh in December with a master’s degree in international development, hit roadblocks along the way. His is at once a success story and a cautionary tale […]

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Minnesota Legislature Considers Aid for Guardsmen

Student veterans could see more tuition help if a bill passes the Minnesota Legislature. A bill, gaining steam Senate and House committees, would add $11.54 million in tuition incentives for University of Minnesota National Guard members. The request is up from past budget years, which lawmakers said was meant to mirror added participation in the […]

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N.C. Bill Would Cut Tuition for Military

RALEIGH — Legislation pending at the North Carolina General Assembly is intended to reduce tuition costs for military personnel attending North Carolina’s community colleges. It is designed for personnel who have to temporarily stop taking classes and leave the state because of their military duties. It would let them continue to pay less than the […]

Student Veterans Create Support Network

Senior Conor Murtagh went through a slight culture shock going from life in the armed forces to Seton Hall. In order to better adjust to life on campus, he reached out to others on campus who might understand his difficulties. “I went from being one of the ‘young guys’ to the oldest student in almost […]

Bill Would Give Credit for Military Training

State Rep. Jessie Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge, is looking to give credit where credit is due for veterans who learned a lot serving their country. Her House Bill 1004 would task the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to work with state colleges and other higher learning outfits to create a way to measure military education and […]

Transition Officer Prepares to Move On

Specialist Avery Harbin, a Soldier assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion, confidently shook hands and spoke with many of the 73 civilian job recruiters at the Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program and Army Community Service’s Employment Readiness Program International and National job fair Wednesday at Cole Park Commons. Harbin also prepared for Thursday’s job fair […]

More Sailors Using Tuition Assistance

This past year, the Navy radically changed direction in how it delivers off-duty education benefits to sailors — now totally online or over the phone — and it seems to be working just fine. Now, nearly halfway into fiscal year 2017, Navy training officials are “cautiously optimistic” that closing 16 of its 20 on-base Navy […]

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Texas Bill Would Limit Eligibility for Veterans

Since 1923, veterans in Texas have received educational benefits for themselves and later for their families through the Hazlewood Act, which is now the focus of a bill that would reduce the number of people who can qualify to receive benefits. Rep. J.M. Lozano, R-Kingsville, filed House Bill 3766 earlier this month in response to […]

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GI Bill, Part 2: More Veterans Enrolling

Connie Beckel was puzzled when she saw numbers begin to tick up. Seton Hill University, with an enrollment of 2,500 students, typically saw no more than 10 veterans a year at its Greensburg campus. Then, Congress enacted the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2008. In recent years, the private Catholic university has counted an average of […]

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