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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,” […]

March 7, 2017

New Military-Friendly Rankings Released

SR Education Group, a leading education research publisher founded in 2004, just published the results of their research and analysis of military-friendly online colleges. The organization evaluated accredited colleges offering online degrees on the basis of key factors of military-friendly education in an online environment in order to develop a list of the 2017 Top […]

March 3, 2017

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Texas Bill Would Benefit Veterans

A Texas lawmaker authored a bill to prevent penalties against student veterans and their families whose benefits aren’t in sync with education deadlines. Rep. John Raney, R-College Station, authored House bill 846 to prevent higher education institutions from dropping veteran students and their families from classes or charging extra fees if their state or federal […]

March 2, 2017

Lawmakers Offer Act to Expand Military Education

(U.S. Senate) – U.S. Senator Jon Tester, Ranking Member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, and Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today are introducing legislation to ensure that America’s veterans have access to educational opportunities. The Senators’ Educational Development (ED) for Troops and Veterans Act will […]

March 2, 2017

Student Veterans to Lobby for Centers

The veterans resource center is planning a trip to the Capitol in Sacramento on March 8 to have students “tell their stories” and encourage legislators to keep funding the California community college veterans resource centers. The Sacramento trip will have student veterans representation from all 113 community colleges in the state. More student veterans receive […]

February 24, 2017

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. […]

February 23, 2017

Illinois Bill Mandates College Services for Veterans

ILLINOIS – ILLINOIS — Veterans may soon have more resources to help them get college educations. One bill aims to make sure all state universities and colleges post a veteran handbook on their website. It will help veterans find education resources they might not know of. Vets say this is one step toward helping them […]

February 21, 2017

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Arizona School Recognized for Online Education

PRESCOTT – Yavapai College was recently recognized by two different college rating organizations for its quality, affordability, and academic excellence. “AffordableCollegesOnline.org (ACO), a leader in higher education information and resources, ranked Yavapai College in five categories: Most Affordable Online Colleges (#6), Best Online Colleges in Arizona (#5), Best Online Criminal Justice Degrees (#4), Best Online […]

February 17, 2017

Idaho Panel Offers Adult Scholarship Bill

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho House panel has introduced a $3 million proposal to create scholarships for adult students with some college credits to return and finish their undergraduate degrees. This is the second time the Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter-backed proposal has been floated inside the Idaho Legislature. Last year, a similarly worded proposal failed […]

February 16, 2017

Trident U. Joins “Military Friendly” List

Trident University International (Trident) announced today that it has earned the 2017 Military Friendly® School designation by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, and Military Spouse. First published in 2009, Military Friendly® Schools is the most comprehensive, powerful resource for veterans today. Each year, the list of Military Friendly® Schools is provided to […]

February 14, 2017

Military Spouse Wins Full Scholarship

Career Step, an online provider of career-focused education and professional training, and the National Military Family Association, a nonprofit that works to strengthen and protect military families, are pleased to announce military wife and mother Kathleen Brown as the third recipient of Career Step’s full-tuition scholarship in 2016. “I am excited that as my husband […]

February 10, 2017

Korean War Veteran Gets Diploma

The judge’s ultimatum came 67 years ago: Enlist in the military or face juvenile detention for repeatedly skipping classes at San Diego High School. Norm Johnson gladly joined the U.S. Air Force in April 1950. Even after he was deployed to Asia to fight in the Korean War, Johnson was sure he wouldn’t miss San […]

February 9, 2017

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Peer Advisers Support Student Veterans

Alex Hatfield, political science major, sinks a pushpin into the island of Sicily. The glossy, laminated map, pinned to the wall of the Veteran Services rec room has many, each indicating where Boise State student-veterans have been stationed. The U.S., middle east and southeast Asia are riddled with small, plastic bulbs—each color indicating what branch […]

February 9, 2017

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Edinboro Students Pursue Pilot Licenses

EDINBORO, Pa. — Classrooms for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania student Brandon Morton include cockpits and a flight simulator. Morton, 19, of Guys Mills, is one of the first students in the university’s aeronautical science program launched this past fall. The two-year program includes traditional classes at Edinboro’s Porreco College and flight and flight-related instruction at […]

February 7, 2017

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Utah Program Links Veteran Students to Mentors

All students need someone on their side. For student veterans, who are used to the camaraderie being in the service provided, that buddy is even more essential as they leave the uniform behind for the classroom. “It is a cultural shock for a veteran,” said Clint Cary, a veteran and senior studying aviation at Utah […]

February 3, 2017

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SUNY Cortland Named “Military-Friendly”

SUNY Cortland has been helping military veterans pursue higher education since the end of World War II, when thousands of returning soldiers supported by the GI Bill packed classrooms of what was then a state teacher’s college. Today, men and women who served their country continue to earn degrees at the College in an even […]

February 2, 2017

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Demand Grows for Veterans with Psychology Degrees

The expansion of the Post-9/11 GI Bill has made it possible for tens of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to enter the classroom and build new careers. To meet this burgeoning need, universities, colleges and technical schools are creating new educational opportunities for specially geared toward veterans in the fields of science, technology, education […]

February 2, 2017

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3 Benefits to Online Learning for Spouses

If you are a military spouse, you probably know what it feels like to leave behind the family you love, friends you cherish and familiar places you used to call home. A military spouse’s role may be overlooked, but the military lifestyle doesn’t have to be an obstacle to some of the same opportunities civilians […]

February 2, 2017

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