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Not So “Free”

It’s been interesting to listen to the debate over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to give students from middle-class families free tuition at SUNY schools. As is the case with many discussions these days, people tend to spout off about it without really educating themselves as to the issues at play. Many seemed to think it […]

Online Plan Could Be Cash Cow for U. of Phoenix

ORANGEBURG — South Carolina State University’s plan to offer online courses via the for-profit University of Phoenix is supposed to help college dropouts return to school and complete their degrees. It remains to be seen whether the program will work. University of Phoenix has a track record of low graduation rates and high student debt […]

Lawmaker Seeks to Restore Veterans’ Aid

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Veterans who lost their GI Bill benefits due to the closure of for-profit colleges would get help under a bill co-sponsored by Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides help to veterans to pursue education and successfully transition to civilian life. After a number of for-profit colleges closed […]

Bill Would Secure Benefits for Vets, Families

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen.Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that veterans, service members, and surviving spouses and children of service members who have died in the line of duty take full advantage of their education benefits. Brown, who serves on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, outlined The Veterans Priority Enrollment Act […]

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American Legion Asks Congress to Protect Vets

WASHINGTON — For-profit trade school Westech College abruptly closed its three southern California locations Sunday, leaving hundreds of students – including 31 veterans – scrambling to receive refunds or transfer their credits. The school closing highlights a problem facing thousands of student veterans across the country, the Amercian Legion said, and underscores the need to […]

Warren: Senators Question DOD Oversight

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D.-Conn.) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis raising concerns with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) recently announced policy to ensure regulatory compliance by educational institutions that receive DoD Tuition Assistance (TA) […]

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“Free College” Grads Must Stay in State or Pay

ALBANY, N.Y. — There’s a big string attached to New York’s free middle-class college tuition initiative: Students must stay in the state after graduation or else pay back the benefit. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that the requirement was added to protect the state’s investment in a student’s education by ensuring they don’t take […]

Experts: NY Free-College Model Positive, Not Perfect

While the state of New York’s new “tuition-free college” program may pave the way for similar and broader programs throughout the country, the way the program is structured makes it so that it will benefit the middle class and do nothing for low-income students. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office never pretended anything else, announcing over […]

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Clearing the Way for Profit Rip-Offs

Remember when candidate Trump promised to make college affordable for everyone? Yeah, that’s not happening. Instead, Trump is turning to the notorious corporateers who have been pouring McDiplomas on the nation’s steaming trillion-dollar student debt pyre to shake up higher education. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s controversial pick for a special assistant—for-profit college corporate lawyer Robert […]

N.M. Art School Won’t Take New Students

SANTA FE, N.M. — The future of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design is in doubt after negotiations for the sale of the school to an Asian company broke down. While interim President Maria Puzziferro is downplaying the option of closing, the for-profit school has decided not to accept any new students for […]

Veterans’ Center Opens

Teresa Leyba Ruiz, Interim President of Glendale Community College, perhaps described the new GCC Veteran Services Center best, when she said, “In 2010, as soon as we opened the doors, we knew it was too small.” Since that time, 16,000 families have walked through the door. Leyba Ruiz and other college and military officials made […]

Indiana Boasts Lowest Jobless Rate for Veterans

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has the nation’s lowest unemployment rate for veterans, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2016 report on the employment situation of former military members. The report found that just 1.8 percent of Hoosier veterans were unemployed on average during 2016. The highest unemployment rate for veterans was 7.6 percent in […]

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