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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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Trump’s V.A. Pick Rules Out Radical Fix

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, David Shulkin, promises to meet the health care needs of millions of veterans and is rejecting a dismantling of the beleaguered agency or wide-scale firings as a way to do it. Trump tapped Shulkin, the VA’s current top health official, to be VA […]

February 2, 2017

Falwell Says He Will Lead Trump Higher Ed Task Force

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. says he has been asked to lead a presidential task force on higher education reform. Falwell told The Associated Press he spoke with Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s senior strategist, on Tuesday about the role. He says the details of the task force are still being […]

February 2, 2017

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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Prepaid Tuition Plans Help Pay for College

Attending a top-flight college can turn into a financial nightmare if a diploma from your dream school leaves you — or your child — drowning in student loan debt. According to the College Board, annual college costs in 2017 will top $42,000 at private colleges and reach nearly $21,500 at in-state public universities, motivating resourceful […]

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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Devry to Pay $2.5 Million in N.Y. Settlement

NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general says DeVry University will pay $2.25 million following allegations that it exaggerated graduates’ job and salary prospects. Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday that a settlement also requires the school – which operates locally as DeVry College of New York – to pay $500,000 in penalties and fees. Graduates eligible […]

February 2, 2017

Veterans, Others Lobby Montana Panel for Projects

HELENA, Mont. — Military veterans, college students and history supporters made passionate pleas Friday to Montana lawmakers to finally approve the building projects they have been requesting for years. Their testimony came on the final day of a two-week hearing by a legislative budget panel on a bill that would authorize $157 million in bonds […]

January 31, 2017

Danville, Va., School Recognized for Cyber Defense

RICHMOND, Va. — Danville Community College has received federal recognition for its training in cyberdefense. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Thursday that the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security had designated the school in Southside Virginia as a national center of academic excellence in cyber defense. Three other community colleges in Virginia share […]

January 31, 2017

Navy Veteran Gets Diploma 50 Years Late

GOWANDA — At 71 years of age, Donald Stanbro can now look back with one less regret. He is now a Gowanda Central School graduate through the New York State Division of Veterans Affairs’ Operation Recognition. Operation Recognition awards veterans their high school diplomas if they were on active duty for at least one day […]

January 31, 2017

Boots to Bees: Beekeeper Teaches Veterans, Others the Craft

BECKLEY, W.Va.— The president of the Raleigh County Beekeepers Cooperative Association was inspired by his grandfather to take up the art of beekeeping. About 18 years ago, Mark Lilly picked up some bees and hives and started into the hobby. Now, he manages 12 hives and teaches people all over the state how to raise […]

January 31, 2017

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Author and Veteran Urges Students to Pursue Dreams

Over 80 people gathered inside the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom Friday night to listen to Matt Gallagher, former U.S. Army Captain and critically acclaimed author, recount his experiences in the Iraq War as a part of the 8th Annual Student Veterans of America at the University of Michigan Benefit Dinner. Student Veterans of America is […]

January 31, 2017

Soldiers Run for Study on Brain Injuries

LAWRENCE, Kan.— More than a hundred Fort Riley soldiers are helping University of Kansas researchers study how intense running affects wounded soldiers with mild traumatic brain injury. David Johnson, who is leading a two-year study, says many soldiers have significant problems with traumatic brain injuries. Many of the injuries are caused by improvised explosive devices […]

January 31, 2017

Colleges Decry Travel Ban; Students Stuck Abroad

BOSTON — Dozens of U.S. colleges are opposing President Donald Trump’s sweeping travel ban that has left some students and professors stranded abroad. The presidents of several universities on Sunday issued scathing attacks of Trump’s executive order halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. Many said it is already disrupting research and academics for their scholars, […]

January 31, 2017

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Virginia School Joins Military Friendly List

(Charlottesville, Va.) – Piedmont Virginia Community College has been named a top 10 gold-level Military Friendly® School Award recipient in the community college category for 2017 and is the only community college in Virginia to make the top 10. In November 2016, Victory Media, originator of the family of Military Friendly® employment, entrepreneurship and education […]

January 27, 2017

College Celebrates Opening of Veterans Center

MARPLE>> Delaware County Community College (DCCC) student Nicholas Delloso of Clifton Heights seemed impressed with the brand-new Nazz Mariani Veterans Center at the school. “I’m already using the center a lot,” the Army veteran and current member of the National Guard said at the Center’s grand opening festivities this week. “The former meeting place for […]

January 27, 2017

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Veterans Fear Effects of Freeze on Hires

BECKLEY, W.Va. — President Donald Trump’s recently announced hiring freeze for federal employees will affect vacancies across West Virginia’s four Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, a fact that is worrying to some veterans who fear longer wait times. A government website advertising job vacancies within the VA lists 56 openings in West Virginia, including jobs for […]

January 27, 2017

New Bill Would Expand Pell Grants

Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced the Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, a bill that would help students access training for the 5.5 million vacant jobs that are unfilled in part due to a shortage of qualified workers. The JOBS Act would close this “skills-gap” by expanding Pell Grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous […]

January 27, 2017