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Baker College Honored for Service to Vets

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI — Baker College has been recognized for its commitment to veterans, service members and their dependents. The Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency’s Veteran-Friendly School Program, which recognizes various Michigan colleges and universities that aid military members and their families under the GI Bill, has awarded the school a gold ranking for the second […]

Online College Plan Ranks Top 20 Colleges for Vets

GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — United States Veterans have given of themselves, risking everything for the sake of our country and well-being, and for that sacrifice, there is not thanks enough. When it comes to going to college and getting their higher education after their service is over, many, many colleges offer benefits […]

For-Profits Leaving Blacks in More Debt

With 44 million consumers owing about $1.4 trillion in student loans, a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds that student loan servicing and debt collection together will boost borrower costs even higher over the next two years. The Bureau’s recently-released Student Loan Ombudsman Report termed the nation’s current system as “flawed” and […]

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For ITT Tech Students, No Easy Road

The sudden closure of ITT Technical Institute in September interrupted the lives of tens of thousands of students who were promised a path to a more secure future. Some had just started their higher education with the for-profit school and others were just a few classes away from earning a degree. All are finding themselves […]

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Veterans at the Ivies: Students Seek to Increase Ranks

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It’s not easy to find military veterans in undergraduate programs at most Ivy League schools. Harvard has only three in its undergrad liberal arts and sciences school. Princeton, just one. Students from the eight Ivies hope to change those kinds of numbers. They see a chance for institutions to diversify and for […]

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A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges

As college attendance has risen and investment in public institutions has flagged, the United States has relied increasingly on, with disastrous consequences for many students. For-profits, once a tiny corner of higher education, have turned into an important force. In 1995, just 500,000 people attended for-profit schools, a small slice of the 15 million enrolled […]

“Veteran-Friendly” College Honored

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — For the second straight year, Baker College has been recognized for its commitment to veterans, service members and their dependents. The education institution was recently honored with a gold ranking for the second year in a row by the Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency’s Veteran-Friendly School Program. In its second year, the program […]

Transition Event Focuses on Women

FORT HOOD — Military service doesn’t lend itself to many beauty opportunities for female service members, but that changed for about 60 women during a two-day workshop at Club Hood that ended Thursday. Hosted by Operation Reinvent and Fort Hood’s Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program, the career transition and empowerment event helped female service […]

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Transition Summit Helps Military Job Seekers

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — What would you say to the person with the power to hire you for your dream job? Military job seekers spent two days crafting their answers and learning how to get that interview during the Hawaii Transition Summit that concluded Oct. 19. The summit brought together experts from several organizations to help […]

Ex-ITT Tech Students Get Back Pell Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C — Former students of ITT Tech catch a break after the school closed last month. The US Department of Education says it is restoring Pell Grant eligibility to students who were using grants to attend ITT Technical Institute when it abruptly closed last month. The grants were provided to low-income students pursuing postsecondary […]

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College Costs Outpace Aid Increases

Colleges are putting the brakes on hefty price increases, but tuition and fees are still rising at a faster rate than the financial aid and family income needed to cover costs, according to two reports released Wednesday by the College Board. “Despite the moderate increases in average published prices, there were considerable increases in net […]

Free Tuition for Veteran’s Children Creates Conundrum

KINGSVILLE — Steven Tallant, president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, credits two American institutions for his success: the military and higher education. He has studied or taught at universities in Florida, Utah, Wisconsin and Texas, and been stationed by the Air Force in Mississippi, Portugal and Washington, D.C. Those experiences helped him rise from a young […]

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