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Fund Aid for Private Schools

We’ve supported Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship proposal, which would make state colleges and universities tuition-free for many students from middle-income families, but on second thought, there is a better way. Cuomo’s proposal leaves out the state’s private colleges, and that is a mistake. The great strength of New York’s higher education system is that […]

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Student Veterans Create Support Network

Senior Conor Murtagh went through a slight culture shock going from life in the armed forces to Seton Hall. In order to better adjust to life on campus, he reached out to others on campus who might understand his difficulties. “I went from being one of the ‘young guys’ to the oldest student in almost […]

Bill Would Give Credit for Military Training

State Rep. Jessie Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge, is looking to give credit where credit is due for veterans who learned a lot serving their country. Her House Bill 1004 would task the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to work with state colleges and other higher learning outfits to create a way to measure military education and […]

Transition Officer Prepares to Move On

Specialist Avery Harbin, a Soldier assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion, confidently shook hands and spoke with many of the 73 civilian job recruiters at the Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program and Army Community Service’s Employment Readiness Program International and National job fair Wednesday at Cole Park Commons. Harbin also prepared for Thursday’s job fair […]

More Sailors Using Tuition Assistance

This past year, the Navy radically changed direction in how it delivers off-duty education benefits to sailors — now totally online or over the phone — and it seems to be working just fine. Now, nearly halfway into fiscal year 2017, Navy training officials are “cautiously optimistic” that closing 16 of its 20 on-base Navy […]

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Texas Bill Would Limit Eligibility for Veterans

Since 1923, veterans in Texas have received educational benefits for themselves and later for their families through the Hazlewood Act, which is now the focus of a bill that would reduce the number of people who can qualify to receive benefits. Rep. J.M. Lozano, R-Kingsville, filed House Bill 3766 earlier this month in response to […]

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GI Bill, Part 2: More Veterans Enrolling

Connie Beckel was puzzled when she saw numbers begin to tick up. Seton Hill University, with an enrollment of 2,500 students, typically saw no more than 10 veterans a year at its Greensburg campus. Then, Congress enacted the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2008. In recent years, the private Catholic university has counted an average of […]

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GI Bill, Part 1: “Cash Cow” for Some Schools

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series looking at the way the GI Bill is used in Western Pennsylvania. The second part will appear Monday. Shortly after the Art Institute of Pittsburgh—Online Division hired LaMont Jones as a recruiter in 2009, the school launched a push to recruit military veterans — and […]

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Do More to Reduce Debt

Vanessa Brewer grew up with aspirations to become the first member of her family to earn a college degree. She excelled in high school but struggled early in her college career at the University of Texas at Austin to find her place. She began to question herself and the abilities that had enabled her to […]

“Open Cloud Academy” Offers Tech Training

SAN ANTONIO – Rackspace’s Open Cloud Academy is celebrating four years. 559 students have already graduated from the program. One of those graduates is Ruben Apolinar, who used to be a fast food worker. He graduated from the school in 2015. “I had always been into technology, and I heard from a friend that this […]

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Trident U. Hires Veteran for Services

Mark A. Weedon has joined Trident University International’s (Trident) Outreach & Partnerships team as Senior Director of Military and Veteran Affairs. Weedon is a 29-year veteran of the United States Army, serving in many capacities while in the military. In his new role, Weedon will directly oversee and manage Trident’s geographically dispersed Regional Managers, as […]

Military Experts Explain Benefits

Across the nation, military veterans, active duty service members and reservists receive benefits in several areas as an expression of gratitude for their service. In education benefits, Texas military members are offered state benefits, along with federal, as a bonus appreciation. Tim Miller, program coordinator for the Military & Veterans Program at Tech, explained how […]

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