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VOC REHAB: VA Robbed Some Disabled Vets Of GI Bill Benefits

A big change may be on the horizon, or is already here, for disabled veterans with VA education benefits under both the GI Bill and Chapter 31 Voc Rehab. An internal decision letter within VA, leaked to me recently, indicates some veterans may be getting shafted out of huge GI Bill benefits due to a […]

Boot camps aid military students in adapting to college life

The University of Southern California held the second cohort of its Warrior-Scholar program this summer, an initiative designed to teach military members skills in studying, social adaptation and time management in college campus settings. Designed to simulate military learning models, the bootcamps immerse veterans in 16-hour training sessions on liberal arts, financial aid options and […]

Hassan takes on for-profit colleges that she says are deceptively targeting students, veterans

By KEVIN LANDRIGAN U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Maggie Hassan vowed if elected to stand up to federal regulations and crack down on for-profit universities targeting veterans with deceptive marketing so that these schools can maximize what they get in federal student loan support. “Maggie believes it is unacceptable that shady for-profit colleges and universities continue […]

Serving Military Active Duty, Veterans and Dependents

Fayetteville Technical Community College has a long history of providing educational programs to citizens of the community. Fort Bragg is one of those important communities that FTCC serves. FTCC has had an office at Fort Bragg and has provided high-quality vocational, technical and curriculum courses since 1970. FTCC’s purpose statement is as follows: “To improve […]

AMU, Phoenix top new analysis of military’s most popular TA, GI Bill colleges

Veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill leveled off in fiscal 2015, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, marking the first time the popular new benefit failed to increase its base by tens or hundreds of thousands of users over the prior year. Meanwhile, active-duty service members using military tuition assistance, or TA, fell by […]

Former DoD VolEd Chief Weighs-in on TA

Today Gary Woods, the former Chief of DoD Voluntary Education, offered his perspective on the move to suspend tuition assistance. In his OpEd, titled ‘Tuition Assistance in the Crosshairs,’ Woods explains that military tuition assistance originated after WWII and became policy in the National Defense Authorization Act of 1972. He also describes how in 2002, […]

Water-Quality Intern Doubles as National Guardsman

By Elizabeth Donald and Zia Nizami It’s not quite a summer vacation for Guisel Marmolejo, as she is spending her summer days in a lab or searching area streams for water samples. Marmolejo, 24, is one of 31 college students to be accepted as interns at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. More […]

Texas Tech Lets Veterans Apply Credit for Military Training

Veterans can receive credit for their military training and work experience under the Texas College Credit for Heroes Program, and Texas Tech is partnering with the Central Texas College District to actively commit to that program. The Texas College Credit for Heroes Program was established by the Texas Workforce Commission in 2011. The new partnership […]

Veteran Services Gain Recognition

For about a year and a half, Michael Rutledge has served as the Veterans Resource Representative at the University. His service has helped earn the school multiple honors, including the latest from the Michigan Veteran Education Initiative. Rutledge says the string of recognition has been helpful to veterans in the community at large. “The veterans […]

Tech Partners Up For Veterans Program

Texas Tech University and the Central Texas College District in Kileen have partnered up to commit to the Texas College Credit for Heroes Program, according to a Tech news release. The program was initially started in 2011 after the passage of Senate Bill 806, according to the release, to help maximize acceptance of college credits […]

Wounded Warrior Fellow Joins House Staff

The office of Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) announced today the addition of Wounded Warrior Fellow, Charles Jordan, to the district staff. Jordan, a U.S. Army combat veteran, will serve as a constituent services liaison in the Texarkana office. “With more than 700,000 constituents and 63,000 veterans in Texas’ 4th District, it’s critical that my staff […]

‘I Don’t Understand People Who Trash-Talk America,’ Clinton Tells Veterans

Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton spoke at the VFW convention on Monday, July 25 at the Charlotte Convention Center. She told veterans that she deeply cared about problems affecting them and expressed her disappointment with the VA scandal. She also brought up the fact that her father was a veteran and that she has […]

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