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Many Women Veterans End Up Homeless

We’re sitting in Rosie Palfy’s living room, outside of Cleveland, in a house she’s just been able to purchase after VA finally settled her disability claim, after almost nine years of delays and detours. I’m having her read through the almost 400 comments women veterans left in response to my original survey about housing issues […]

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Montana Senator’s Bill Would Enhance GI Benefits

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester rolled out a proposal to bolster higher education opportunities for veterans and plugged a pair of bills targeting rural teacher shortages at Montana State University Billings on Monday. The Rural Educator Support and Training Act and the Native Educator Support and Training Act were first introduced by Tester in 2015. Both […]

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Court Rules Against Accrediting Agency of ITT Tech, Corinthian Colleges

WASHINGTON — The Accrediting Council on Independent Colleges and Schools — the beleaguered accrediting agency that had oversight for two recently collapsed for-profit schools — lost its bid Tuesday to stop the U.S. Department of Education from terminating its federal recognition. The loss was due largely to testimony from ACICS interim president Roger Williams himself, […]

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UNH Will Make Tuition Free for Pell Grant Freshmen

DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire is unveiling a plan that will mean free tuition for about 300 students next fall. The plan, called the Granite Guarantee, means full-time, first-year students from New Hampshire receiving federal Pell grants will be able to attend the university tuition-free. “They aren’t going to have years of […]

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Strict Rules May Weaken Cuomo Plan

As a freshman at City College last fall, Saad Ahmed stopped by his advisor’s office for what he thought was a routine meeting — until he found out he had lost all his state financial aid for the semester. He thought it was a mistake, but it wasn’t. Although he should have received about $2,000 […]

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Navy Veteran Will Head Cybersecurity Campus

DENVER, Colo. (PRWEB) SecureSet Academy today announced that Commander Abe Thompson (US Navy, Ret.) has been named director of the Academy’s new cybersecurity education programs in Colorado Springs. Thompson served in numerous Cyberwarfare, Information Warfare and Cryptologic roles for the Fleet from 1989-2013. His Special Warfare Navy Cyber Sailors received recognition for bringing Navy Cyber […]

Lose the Jargon

Every work place has its jargon, but in the military this is especially true. In the Army and at the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program, or SFL-TAP, words such as TOT (Time on Target), FOB (Forward Operating Base), and FFE (Fire for Effect) are often used. While these Army acronyms may be well-known […]

Veteran/Student Launches Literary Journal

DES MOINES, Iowa — Danny Judge stayed up all night at his wife’s bedside with his laptop open. Sarah was undergoing treatment at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Her mouth was blistering from aggressive chemotherapy. Her “pregnancy,” it turns out, was cancerous cells. “He’d stay there, working all night, then go get our son […]

Wounded Warriors CEO: Recovery Will Take Years

Wounded Warrior Project’s well-known logo shows one solider carrying a fallen comrade to safety. For the past year, the Jacksonville-based charity has dealt with its own financial wounds after national media reports plunged it into a touch-and-go period marked by a nose-dive in donations and staff cutbacks. The worst of the fallout has passed, but […]

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Education for Military Students Can Be Debt-Free

The pursuit of a college education often includes a hefty price tag. It’s an exasperating cycle. Job seekers are told a degree, licensure or certification gains them more bargaining power for future salaries. But, the cost of attaining that education often ends with decades of debt that students have to work double-time to pay down. […]

Bill Would Let GI Benefits Cover Application Fees

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Republican Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06) are working to reduce the financial burden on veterans seeking higher education by making application fees eligible under the Post 9/11 GI Bill. “Veterans should not miss out on higher education because of the cost of application fees,” said Larsen, a senior member on […]

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Taxpayers Fund 200-plus For-Profit Schools

The University of Phoenix, Ashford University and the now-shuttered ITT Tech are among the nearly 200 for-profit colleges that got most of their revenue from taxpayers, according to internal Department of Education data made public by President Barack Obama shortly before he left office. The proprietary schools – which also include dozens of storefront beauty, […]

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