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Could New Policies Get More Military to Use Tuition Assistance?

One of the perks of serving in the military is being able to go to college on the Defense Department’s dime. But the number of service members taking advantage of this education benefit — often hailed as a key military recruitment and retention tool — has been declining in recent years, with all branches seeing […]

Filmmaker to Open WWII Education Center

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A filmmaker who shares the stories of World War II veterans is opening an education center in Rhode Island so students can learn about the war and meet the men who fought in it. Tim Gray, founder of the nonprofit World War II Foundation, has made 21 documentaries and amassed a […]

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N.C. Schools Invite Students Burned by For-Profits

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Wake Technical Community College are two public institutions encouraging students from three for-profit colleges to consider them for transfer this fall. South University in High Point and the Art Institutes in Durham and Charlotte will close at the end of the year. Like other for-profit colleges, those […]

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83-Year-Old Charged With Posing as Marine Vet for Benefits

PENSACOLA, Fla. — An 83-year-old Florida man has pleaded guilty to pretending to be a veteran so he could receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits. According to a statement from the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Richard Kohl claimed to serve with the Marines in the Korean war, forging government […]

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Major Colleges Dropping Essay Test as Barrier

The SAT and ACT essay tests began with fanfare in 2005, a bid to assess the writing chops of college-bound students under the pressure of a clock. Now, many colleges say time’s up for those exams. With a few notable exceptions, the consensus in higher education is that the tests are becoming an afterthought even […]

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What Can an Academic Tell Soldiers?

It was near the end of the evening commander’s update briefing on 6 June 2010, and her audience included dozens of staff officers in various combat uniforms. Hundreds more joined via videoconference from the regional commands in Afghanistan and NATO bases around the world. ISAF commander General Stanley McChrystal sat solemn-faced at the hub of […]

DOD to Bar G.I. Bill Transfer for Long-Serving Troops

Starting next year, service members who have been in the military for more than 16 years will no longer be able to transfer GI Bill benefits to their dependents — a change to current Pentagon policy that’s garnered mixed reviews from military advocates. The Defense Department announced today it is instituting the 16-year cap, effective […]

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Army Ousts Recruits Lured by Promise of Citizenship as ‘Security Threats’

NEW YORK – In June, a young Pakistani student studying in Minnesota managed to get his hands on the documents that explained why he wouldn’t be allowed to join the United States Army. The electrical engineering student, who didn’t want his name revealed because of fear of reprisals if he goes back to Pakistan, “has […]

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Navy Changes Tuition Aid Policy

The U.S. Navy recently removed the fiscal year limit of 16 semester hours (or equivalent) and allowed Sailors to use tuition assistance (TA) up to the funding cap of $4,500. TA will continue to be paid up to the current DoD limits of $250 per semester hour, $166.67 per quarter hour, or $16.67 per clock […]

Art Institute California, Argosy U. to Close in Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area campuses of the Art Institute of California and Argosy University will close at the end of the year, according to the organization that owns them, Dream Center Education Holdings, LLC. “After a complete and thorough examination of the three education systems in the DCEH network to ensure they are […]

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Defunct For-Profit ITT’s Former Execs Settle Fraud Charge

Former top executives at ITT Educational Services, the parent company of defunct ITT Technical Institute, have settled fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission, avoiding a trial that was slated to begin Monday. A judgment order entered Friday puts to rest civil fraud charges filed in 2015 against former ITT Chief Executive Kevin Modany […]

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Senate Panel Approves V.A. Nominee

WASHINGTON — Robert Wilkie, the latest choice by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, was easily approved Tuesday by the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, moving his nomination to a vote by the full Senate. The VA committee advanced Wilkie’s nomination with a voice vote Tuesday afternoon. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was […]

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