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Student Loan Relief Benefits Veterans

This year, July is Military Consumer Protection month, an awareness campaign to promote good financial education resources for service members and veterans alike, as well as to help guard them against fraud and abuse. First initiated in 2013 by the Federal Trade Commission as Military Consumer Protection Day, this has since developed into a year-round […]

August 5, 2016

Offering Veterans a Chance to STEP Up

SAN DIEGO – Support the Enlisted Project (STEP), a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit announces its Second Annual Cammies to College which is a major college expo and education street fair for the benefit of active duty military, veterans and their family members interested in gaining information regarding higher education options in Southern California. The event […]

August 5, 2016

Cornell Warrior-Scholar Project Welcomes Veterans

For some military veterans, the first day of school at a new college or university is as challenging as a deployment to a foreign country. Immersion in a new culture and reintroduction to a demanding academic environment can make the transition from military to higher education difficult. To ease the transition, the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) […]

August 5, 2016

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Push to Ease Licensing for Military Spouses Remains Patchwork by State

Despite movement in all 50 states to ease professional licensing regulations for military spouses, rules remain inconsistent and, in most cases, difficult to navigate, military family experts say. “They’re not all created equal, and they don’t cover every single profession,” said Katie Savant a government relations strategist for the National Military Family Association. “And just […]

August 4, 2016

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Technical College of the Lowcountry aims to be the most military friendly

By Georgiaree Godfrey | BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) – The Technical College of the Lowcountry is designated as a military friendly school and since last Veteran’s Day, they’ve been working to be the most military friendly school in the region. On Veteran’s Day, the school opened its Veterans Resource Center. It sees about 30 students a […]

August 4, 2016

Newspaper Investigates Scholarship Fund for For-Profit Enrollees

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Questions are being raised about the use of a tax-exempt charitable foundation that provided scholarships for students of a for-profit college network headed for years by a former governor of Maine. The Maine Sunday Telegram has published (http://bit.ly/2aj8nC8 ) the results of a three-month investigation into an aspect of long-running controversy […]

August 4, 2016

Veteran training center opens its doors

By Claire Davis, WMAZ | Transitioning from military life to civilian life doesn’t always come easy for men and women who serve our country, but in Warner Robins, one organization hopes to make that process a little easier. It’s called the Veteran Education Career Transition Resource Center, or VECTR. Claire Davis sat down with one […]

August 4, 2016

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USC Boot Camp Eases Transition for Veterans

By Rosanna Xia | Charena Lafayette served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 13 years, but no amount of military training prepared her for the challenge of completing a rigorous four-year college program. How do you analyze an author’s underlying message or frame a thesis in an academic paper? What exactly are you supposed to […]

August 4, 2016

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GI Bill funds still flow to troubled for-profit colleges

By Kimberly Hefling | The Obama administration’s crackdown on for-profit colleges has escaped the notice of one federal agency with an already poor management record: The Veterans Affairs Department takes little or no action when these colleges are punished by federal and state regulators for serious misdeeds, allowing them to continue reeling in millions in […]

August 4, 2016

Wounded Warriors Train With Michigan Wolverines

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Making University of Michigan football fans everywhere jealous, a group of wounded veterans attended a program event at the school’s training facilities, hosted by Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP). Wolverine trainers from the university were present to give specialized training to warriors, their caregivers, and families. Read More

August 4, 2016

Next Act for Corinthian Campuses

Zenith Education Group, which 18 months ago bought more than half of Corinthian Colleges’ campuses, has a new leader and a new $250 million endowment. ECMC Group, the large student loan guaranty agency, spent $24 million for 53 WyoTech and Everest campuses, as well as Corinthian’s online programs. Zenith, a nonprofit, enrolled 33,000 students after […]

August 2, 2016

Veteran tuition program saved from budget cuts

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A program that provides tuition assistance for veterans has been restored for now by Gov. Matt Mead after being targeted for elimination because of budget cuts. Mead announced Wednesday that he would continue funding the program through the coming fall semester. And he didn’t rule out the possibility of continuing it […]

August 2, 2016

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 […]

August 2, 2016

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 […]

August 2, 2016

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 […]

August 2, 2016

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 […]

July 29, 2016

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 […]

July 29, 2016

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 […]

July 29, 2016