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Taxpayers Fund 200-plus For-Profit Schools

The University of Phoenix, Ashford University and the now-shuttered ITT Tech are among the nearly 200 for-profit colleges that got most of their revenue from taxpayers, according to internal Department of Education data made public by President Barack Obama shortly before he left office. The proprietary schools – which also include dozens of storefront beauty, […]

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Harvard Law Clinic Sues DOJ Over For-Profit Files

The Project on Predatory Student Lending at Harvard Law School is suing the Justice Department for withholding documents that could help for-profit college students get their federal education loans canceled. The lawsuit stems from a 2015 settlement between the Justice Department and Education Management Corp., the operator of for-profit schools Art Institutes, Argosy University, Brown […]

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N.Y. Republicans Unveil Alternative to Cuomo’s

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio and other New York State Assembly Republicans have unveiled their own college affordability proposal that they say fills gaps in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s free tuition plan. Minority Republicans earlier this week announced the Affordable College For All Initiative, a bill package they said would “modernize” the state’s Tuition Assistance Program that provides […]

Missouri College Recruiting Veterans

(West Plains) – Area veterans interested in using their Military Education Benefits to earn a college degree from Missouri State University-West Plains are invited to visit the university’s Veterans Incentive Program (VIP) Center on March 9 to learn more about the university and the process involved. No appointment is necessary. Veterans can drop by the […]

Event Will Let Veterans Test Out of Courses

The Fort Rucker Education Center exists to help Soldiers looking to further their careers through higher education and an upcoming event will allow them the chance to earn free college credits. The education center will hold its CLEP-a-thon Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor of Bldg. 4502 as a […]

Illinois Bill Mandates College Services for Veterans

ILLINOIS – ILLINOIS — Veterans may soon have more resources to help them get college educations. One bill aims to make sure all state universities and colleges post a veteran handbook on their website. It will help veterans find education resources they might not know of. Vets say this is one step toward helping them […]

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Lawmaker Offers Bill on GI Benefits Transfer

EAGLE — Rep. Raul Labrador, R- Idaho, is pushing legislation that would turn a deep, tragic loss into something positive for military families across the country. On Thursday, the Congressman introduced the Shauna Hill Post 9/11 Education Benefits Transferability Act (H.R. 1112) to fix what he says is an oversight in current law regarding benefits […]

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Free Tuition Carries a Cost

Some people say the United States higher education system is the best in the world. But the cost of a college education in the U.S. can be very high — about 70 percent of students graduate with some debt. In 2014, the total amount of that debt in the U.S. reached about $1.2 trillion. Norway, […]

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Army Offers Shorter Stint with Education Aid

The Army is offering bonuses worth up to $40,000 or enlistment contracts as short as two years as it tries to recruit 6,000 more soldiers this year than it had planned. In a reversal of a drawdown that has been going on for years, the Army now needs to add 16,000 more soldiers to its […]

Arizona School Recognized for Online Education

PRESCOTT – Yavapai College was recently recognized by two different college rating organizations for its quality, affordability, and academic excellence. “AffordableCollegesOnline.org (ACO), a leader in higher education information and resources, ranked Yavapai College in five categories: Most Affordable Online Colleges (#6), Best Online Colleges in Arizona (#5), Best Online Criminal Justice Degrees (#4), Best Online […]

Veterans’ Center Management Changes

WARNER ROBINS — Less than a year after veterans training center opened, the state is changing how it is managed. The Veterans Education Career Transition Resource Center, or VECTR, has been managed by Middle Georgia State University in partnership with Central Georgia Technical College. Now Central Georgia Technical College will take over management effective July […]

Navy Vet/Professor Recalls Typhoons and a Torpedo

SAVOY, Ill.— Carl Lee Davis grew up in a very small rural community in Kentucky, later finding himself on a ship chasing submarines in the Pacific during World War II. The house that Davis, 92, grew up in was made from logs cut from trees on the family farm. There was nothing in Kentucky to […]

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