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Online University Offers Scholarships to DACA Students

IDEA Public Schools has received a grant that will enable its IDEA-U online university to educate, support and grant degrees to 1,000 DACA students during the next five years. The grant totals $20 million and will allow IDEA-U and its partners at Southern New Hampshire University, the Shapiro Foundation and TheDream.US to open the doors […]

Helping Veterans

Increasingly more Americans, upon recognizing a military veteran, are likely to approach him or her and say, “Thank you for your service.” While that is commendable and can be touching, it is not enough just to thank individuals for having been willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and our precious freedoms. We must […]

St. Louis Hot Bed for Degree-Seeking Women Vets

Women make up 14 percent of the U.S. military as well as a full quarter of the veterans who are pursuing a college education upon returning home from service. In the St. Louis area alone, evidence of their significant presence isn’t hard to come by. On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked […]

Veterans’ Legal Aid Program is Part of New White House Platform

Donald Trump’s presidency has turned former Obama-era White House lawyer Sarah Baker into a sort of matchmaker. We The Action, where Baker serves as executive director, is not unlike a dating website. “Except instead of two people finding love, it’s lawyers finding impactful work where they can feel like they’ve made a difference,” she said. […]

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Military Vet is Career Counselor for Soldiers

“Even at basic training all the Soldiers called me grandma and now I’m still grandma to Soldiers, but just in a different way,” said Daisy Johnson, senior career counselor at the Pfc. Milton A. Lee Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program center. Johnson earned the nickname because she joined the military at 25 years old after […]

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Filmmaker Opens R.I. Education Center for Vets

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A filmmaker who shares the stories of World War II veterans is opening an education center in Rhode Island. Tim Gray, founder of the nonprofit World War II Foundation, said the foundation’s Global Education Center will be dedicated Nov. 3. He wants to help students learn about the war and meet the […]

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Texas Tech Offers Resources for Active Military, Veteran Students

After time overseas, many veterans have trouble adapting to their lives of school and work. Although, continuing their education at Texas Tech is an endeavor they will not face alone. On campus, there are a variety of resources dedicated to assisting veterans with their college goals. The Tech Military and Veterans Programs is a department […]

V.A. Explains the Wait for GI Bill Money

The average student veteran using the Post-9/11 GI Bill this fall has had to wait more than 3 weeks for their housing benefits to come through. The Veterans Affairs Department alerted students to the higher-than-normal wait times in an email this week, noting that average processing times are currently around 23 days for continuing GI […]

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Cadet Found Guilty of Rape of Unconscious Woman

WEST CHESTER — The arc of the life of two promising college students whose paths crossed on St. Patrick’s Day two years ago is a study in tragedy, said those who were involved in the criminal trial that resulted in guilty verdicts on rape charges over a four-day period this week. A Chester County Common Pleas […]

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Minnesota Launches Initiative to Help Adult Learners Return to College

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education, or OHE, and Minnesota State are launching a new program to help adult learners re-enroll and finish their postsecondary education: MN Reconnect. Through MN Reconnect, adult learners who started but did not complete their postsecondary studies will receive personalized support to re-enroll in higher education, stay engaged in their […]

Army Expelled 500 Immigrant Recruits in a Year

Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service, The Associated Press has found. The decade-old Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest recruiting program […]

N.J. Attorney General Backs Lawsuit of Defrauded Students

New Jersey has pledged support in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over its attempts to limit debt relief for defrauded college students. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal joined seven other states in filing an amicus brief Wednesday in support of the lawsuit filed by former students at Corinthian Colleges. Read more

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