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Psychologist Receives Award for Work on Veterans

Nathan Ainspan ’88, an industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist with the Department of Defense’s Transition to Veterans Program Office, has received the Raymond A. Katzell Award in I-O Psychology from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) for his work improving the lives of military veterans and for his commitment to promoting research-based insights designed to […]

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Va. College Helps Convert Military Skills into Credits

As a Marine, Jasmine Quiroz–Pele went from Japan to Afghanistan and back again, getting a thorough training in supply chain logistics. But once out of the service, as a civilian in her mid-20s and a single mom who relocated to Fredericksburg after retiring from active duty, she was just another college student, with a long […]

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For-Profit College Industry Slips Through Cracks

At this time last year, all signs were pointing to a for-profit college industry in crisis, if not the death throes. But the industry has found new life through aggressive advocates in government and steadily rising stock prices with the election of Donald Trump, who operated an unaccredited for-profit education scheme and recently settled fraud […]

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2016 in Higher Education

For-profit career colleges suffered major setbacks in 2006 as many students dropped out with huge debts and no degree. Students entering college in 2008 had a 55 percent rate of graduating college from public universities but only 27.8 percent among for-profit 4-year schools. For the more than 100,000 students enrolled in the main online campus […]

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Albany State, Darton on Military Friendly List

ALBANY, Ga. – Albany State University and Darton State College have earned the 2017 Military Friendly School designation by Victory Media. First published in 2009, Military Friendly Schools is a comprehensive, powerful resource for veterans. Each year, the list of Military Friendly Schools is provided to service members and their families, helping them select the […]

Wells Fargo Launches 2017 Veteran Aid Programs

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) and Scholarship America are now accepting applications for the 2017 Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship and Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grant Programs. Wells Fargo has committed $2 million over a four year period to fund the programs and help veterans and their families to successfully integrate back into civilian […]

Online Fund Offers Chance to Help Veterans Graduate

A new online funding option has been established to allow others to help student veterans at Oklahoma State University overcome obstacles to graduation. The OSU Student Veteran Emergency Fund site — www.osugiving.com/veterans — gives everyone the chance to help student veterans get through likely education-ending situations by making donations of any amount, said Rick Hansen, […]

Senators Voice Little Opposition to Defense Pick

WASHINGTON —Senators signaled little opposition at hearings Tuesday (January 10) to the nomination of James Mattis to be defense secretary, as national security experts recommended lawmakers amend the law and allow the retired Marine Corps general to head the Pentagon for President-elect Donald Trump. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, senators explored the pitfalls […]

U.S. Finds 800 Programs Fail Standard

Hundreds of programs at for-profit colleges are at risk of losing federal funding unless their graduates start earning better wages, federal officials say. On January 9, the Education Department issued its first round of data measuring whether graduates of 8,700 career programs earn enough money to repay their student loans. It stems from the Obama […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Texas on Veterans Benefit

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand an appeals court ruling that upholds a much-watched Texas program that promises free college educations to military veterans if they lived in the state when they enlisted. The Hazlewood Act dates to the 1920s. State lawmakers expanded the program in 2009 to include the veterans’ […]

Trump Picks VA Insider for Top Spot

WASHINGTON— President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped the Department of Veterans Affairs’ top health official to lead a beleaguered agency struggling to meet the health needs of millions of veterans. David Shulkin’s nomination signals a more modest approach to change at the VA after Trump repeatedly pledged an overhaul. During the presidential campaign, Trump described […]

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Free College? Do the Math

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a big splash this week when he announced a fairly inexpensive plan to make college tuition-free for as many as 1 million New Yorkers. Unfortunately, the math doesn’t appear to add up. Cuomo’s plan would force the state to fully cover college tuition bills beginning this autumn for any […]

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