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Paratrooper Adjusts to School Life

Dillon Mount is a 26-year-old accounting major from southern Utah who wears black rimmed glasses and casual clothes, and who seems like any other student that attends Colorado State University. But, he is not: He is usually in a uniform. When Mount was 18, he married his wife. When Mount was 19, he was deployed […]

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Profits for Predators

Since Donald Trump’s election, the stock value for private for-profit “colleges” has taken off. Strayer’s is up 35 percent, Grand Canyon almost 30 percent, and DeVry, which agreed to pay a hundred million dollars in debt relief and cash payments to settle a federal law suit for fraudulent advertising last December, more than 40 percent. […]

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Education Center at Vance AFB Offers Guidance

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Airmen interested in anything to do with education need only visit the base’s education center. The center provides education, training, testing, career assistance and tuition assistance for all base personnel. The office’s mission is “To get airmen the education and the training that is required to do their jobs,” […]

Simpson U. Expands Services to Veterans

Simpson University, which opened a one-stop center geared toward veterans in November, is expanding its services to veterans, including a new work study program and an honor society chapter. The university also will host a visitation day March 17 for student veterans from College of the Siskiyous and Shasta, Butte, American River, Lassen and Yuba […]

Military Veteran Entrepreneurs Win Contest

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Four veteran entrepreneurs rose to the top to win the VetSmallBiz Growth Challenge, a unique business competition offered by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University. The VetSmallBiz Growth Challenge provides exposure to a distinguished judging panel and access to capital – $100,000 in total to be awarded, […]

Bipartisan Bill Could Help Pay Student Loans

New legislation would encourage employers to help their workers with student loan debt — to the tune of up to $5,250 a year. The bill, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last month, is referred to as the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, or House Resolution 795. It is currently in committee. […]

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Veteran Who Once Lived in Car Graduates College

WINTERVILLE, N.C.— There was a time when Zack Cleghorn “didn’t want to wake up in the morning.” Four years ago he finished a seven-year tour as a Marine, but returning to the United States was tough. The 28-year-old struggled with PTSD and depression and was living out of his car. Now, he’s the first college […]

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Utah Veteran Student Featured in Bush’s Book

Not every college student gets invited to a former United States president’s 70th birthday party, or to go mountain bike riding with him. But Utah Valley University student Leslie Zimmerman is not your average student. A non-traditional student, she enlisted in the U.S. Army when she was 18. It was her service that led George […]

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For-Profit Enrollment Doubled Since 1996

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina — For-profit schools, which have substantially increased their share of the nation’s college enrollment in recent years, attract a different blend of students than their public and private nonprofit counterparts, according to a new report by RTI International researchers. In 1995-1996, just 5 percent of U.S. postsecondary students chose a […]

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Work Overseas, Study Online

It’s true that an education from one of America’s universities is highly valuable. Our universities are among the best in the world, with students from all over the globe seeking admittance. But it’s also true that America’s job market is tough. It’s highly competitive and wages are relatively low, meaning grads with student loan debt […]

Bill Would Increase Tuition Aid for Guardsmen

In an effort to help bring the next-generation F-35A fighter jet to Montgomery, a bill was introduced to offer local Guardsmen tuition assistance. Currently ranked 48th in the nation, Alabama’s tuition support for National Guardsmen is “killing” the city’s chances to land the high-tech jet and with it the preservation of more than 4,000 jobs, […]

Illinois Veterans Help Comrades Affected by Fire

URBANA — When University of Illinois student and Marine veteran Jason Sakowski heard about a fatal fire in Danville that claimed the life of one veteran and displaced others, he wanted to do something to help. “It sounded so horrible,” said Sakowski, coordinator for Veteran Student Support Services on the UI campus. He said he […]

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