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Section: Military

Not So “Free”

It’s been interesting to listen to the debate over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to give students from middle-class families free tuition at SUNY schools. As is the case with many discussions these days, people tend to spout off about it without really educating themselves as to the issues at play. Many seemed to think it […]

April 11, 2017

Online Plan Could Be Cash Cow for U. of Phoenix

ORANGEBURG — South Carolina State University’s plan to offer online courses via the for-profit University of Phoenix is supposed to help college dropouts return to school and complete their degrees. It remains to be seen whether the program will work. University of Phoenix has a track record of low graduation rates and high student debt […]

April 11, 2017

Lawmaker Seeks to Restore Veterans’ Aid

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Veterans who lost their GI Bill benefits due to the closure of for-profit colleges would get help under a bill co-sponsored by Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides help to veterans to pursue education and successfully transition to civilian life. After a number of for-profit colleges closed […]

April 11, 2017

Bill Would Secure Benefits for Vets, Families

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen.Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that veterans, service members, and surviving spouses and children of service members who have died in the line of duty take full advantage of their education benefits. Brown, who serves on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, outlined The Veterans Priority Enrollment Act […]

April 11, 2017

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American Legion Asks Congress to Protect Vets

WASHINGTON — For-profit trade school Westech College abruptly closed its three southern California locations Sunday, leaving hundreds of students – including 31 veterans – scrambling to receive refunds or transfer their credits. The school closing highlights a problem facing thousands of student veterans across the country, the Amercian Legion said, and underscores the need to […]

April 11, 2017

Warren: Senators Question DOD Oversight

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D.-Conn.) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis raising concerns with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) recently announced policy to ensure regulatory compliance by educational institutions that receive DoD Tuition Assistance (TA) […]

April 11, 2017

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“Free College” Grads Must Stay in State or Pay

ALBANY, N.Y. — There’s a big string attached to New York’s free middle-class college tuition initiative: Students must stay in the state after graduation or else pay back the benefit. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that the requirement was added to protect the state’s investment in a student’s education by ensuring they don’t take […]

April 11, 2017

Experts: NY Free-College Model Positive, Not Perfect

While the state of New York’s new “tuition-free college” program may pave the way for similar and broader programs throughout the country, the way the program is structured makes it so that it will benefit the middle class and do nothing for low-income students. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office never pretended anything else, announcing over […]

April 11, 2017

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Clearing the Way for Profit Rip-Offs

Remember when candidate Trump promised to make college affordable for everyone? Yeah, that’s not happening. Instead, Trump is turning to the notorious corporateers who have been pouring McDiplomas on the nation’s steaming trillion-dollar student debt pyre to shake up higher education. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s controversial pick for a special assistant—for-profit college corporate lawyer Robert […]

April 7, 2017

N.M. Art School Won’t Take New Students

SANTA FE, N.M. — The future of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design is in doubt after negotiations for the sale of the school to an Asian company broke down. While interim President Maria Puzziferro is downplaying the option of closing, the for-profit school has decided not to accept any new students for […]

April 7, 2017

Veterans’ Center Opens

Teresa Leyba Ruiz, Interim President of Glendale Community College, perhaps described the new GCC Veteran Services Center best, when she said, “In 2010, as soon as we opened the doors, we knew it was too small.” Since that time, 16,000 families have walked through the door. Leyba Ruiz and other college and military officials made […]

April 7, 2017

Indiana Boasts Lowest Jobless Rate for Veterans

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has the nation’s lowest unemployment rate for veterans, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2016 report on the employment situation of former military members. The report found that just 1.8 percent of Hoosier veterans were unemployed on average during 2016. The highest unemployment rate for veterans was 7.6 percent in […]

April 7, 2017

Veteran Earns Prestigious Internship

East Tennessee State University student David Lutz is one of only 25 people in the country to be selected for the prestigious Veterans Employment Trajectory Initiative, an all-expenses-paid summer internship at The Washington Center Sponsored by the Prudential Foundation, the VET Initiative is designed to cultivate veterans’ career advancement and workforce preparedness. The 10-week professional […]

April 7, 2017

Wounded Warrior Is Pillar of Strength

Brendan Ferreira was lying on a mat at the Somerset gym he owns, a small foam roller under his side, rocking back and forth on it. I noticed his left arm ended just past the elbow. “When you get blown up,” he said, “you have a lot of deep scar tissue.” If you don’t work […]

April 7, 2017

Iowa Campus Opens Dialogue on PTSD

CEDAR FALLS — Snowflake. Crazy. Reclusive. Those, and some less-polite words, are ways people with post-traumatic stress disorder said their condition is viewed by others. They are subjected to personal questions about their trauma. They can be triggered by something like a professor repeatedly asking a question or the sound of a person’s laugh. They […]

April 7, 2017

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College’s Abrupt Closing Raises Questions

The abrupt closure of Westech College in Southern California marks the latest in a string of failed for-profit trade schools – a disappearing act sparking debate over whether there’s a growing training gap for those seeking skilled work. Westech — with campuses in Fontana, Moreno Valley and Victorville — shut its doors over the weekend […]

April 7, 2017

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Don’t Limit Choices

Recently, politicians, journalists and college administrators have been discussing policies on college affordability without student input. However, as we see with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal for free tuition in New York state, it is impossible to legislate an issue effectively without the input of those who are affected. College affordability is a real issue for […]

April 6, 2017

ThanksUSA Offers Family Scholarships

On April 1, ThanksUSA will launch the 2017 application season for financial need-based scholarships benefiting the children and spouses of our service men and women. The national non-profit organization, dedicated to thanking U.S. troops through the gift of education, is accepting applications at www.ThanksUSA.org beginning tomorrow through May 15, 2017. “1.1 million children and 700,000 […]

April 6, 2017