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Computer School Stole Millions from Veterans Program

MARLBORO — The owner of a Monmouth County computer school faces jail time and hefty fines after admitting to stealing funds intended to help military veterans re-enter the workforce. Township resident Elizabeth Honig, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds after fraudulently helping more than 100 veterans register for the program […]

Program Will Help Medics Use Training in New Careers

Lorain County Community College announced it is helping veterans bridge the gap to civilian life with a new accelerated program designed to assist veteran medics and corpsmen and others with military experience find new careers as paramedics or other health care positions. This program is designed to accelerate the paramedic program by allowing students to […]

Agency Blasts Contractor on Loan Forgiveness

Flawed payment processing, botched paperwork and inaccurate information from FedLoan Servicing is derailing hundreds of public-sector workers from receiving student loan forgiveness, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a report Thursday. “Borrowers working in public service should not miss out on key consumer benefits because their student loan servicer failed to comply with the […]

Groups Advocate Parity for Active Duty & Reserves

Advocacy groups urged a Senate panel last week to move forward with legislation to provide benefits parity between active duty soldiers and reservists deployed for disasters or overseas mission support. Under Title 10, Section 12304b of the U.S. Code, reservists can be deployed overseas for a “preplanned mission in support of a combatant command.” The […]

Incoming Federal Student Aid Boss ‘Could Be Great, Could Be Terrible’

Dr. Arthur Wayne Johnson, the private student loan company executive selected to head the Federal Student Aid agency (FSA), is affiliated with a company that a federal judge recently described as “very aggressive” about fighting efforts to discharge student loans, court records obtained by Diverse show. While a student loan company might be expected to […]

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Military Spouses Often Remain Jobless

Military spouse unemployment is a serious problem for the 641,639 people who are married to active-duty service members. Nearly half of those significant others are unemployed, according to a new study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released on June 14. “It’s dismal and just depressing,” Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Joshua Wine and co-founder of […]

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Latest Data: Who Serves in Military Today?

Northern states have provided a shrinking supply of military recruits over the past four-plus decades, while the south’s contribution has grown. Washington, D.C., North Dakota and Massachusetts send the fewest recruits per capita into the armed services. These and many other demographic and personnel trends can be gleaned from an annual report on who serves […]

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DeVos’ Vision: Rolling Back Protections

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos suspends the crackdown on for-profit college abuses. What else is she up to? Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is putting pen to paper. She wants to roll back protections for students caught up in for-profit school fraud and unfulfilled gainful employment promises. Scaled back protections of gay and transgender students. And like […]

Some Private Schools Opt Out of N.Y. Plan

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Colgate University has decided to join Le Moyne College in declining to take part in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new initiative that offers tuition assistance for students in New York private schools. Colgate, a prestigious private school in Hamilton, believes the program’s requirements for graduates to live in New York for up to […]

Peers Help Ease Transition to College from Military

COLORADO SPRINGS – UCCS is using it’s new veterans center to educate incoming student veterans. 2017 is the first year for the ‘PAVE’ program. PAVE stands for Peer Advisors for Veteran Education. The support program connects incoming student veterans with student veterans already on campus in order to help them navigate college life, identify challenges […]

Louisiana College Honored for Aid to Military Families

BOSSIER CITY, La. – Bossier Parish Community College, which has a long-standing commitment to serving our veterans, active duty, military spouses, and dependents, was recently recognized as the top performing two-year college in Louisiana for the number of military-affiliated students served. During the 2016-2017 academic year, BPCC certified more than 1,000 students under the GI […]

Florida Polytechnic University Receives Accreditation

LAKELAND, Fla. — Florida Polytechnic University is now an accredited institution that can award college and graduate school degrees. The Ledger reports (http://bit.ly/2sc5Kff ) the Lakeland school’s certification was announced Friday by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Florida Polytechnic was established in 2012 as a school focused on science, technology, […]

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