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Navy Vet/Professor Recalls Typhoons and a Torpedo

SAVOY, Ill.— Carl Lee Davis grew up in a very small rural community in Kentucky, later finding himself on a ship chasing submarines in the Pacific during World War II. The house that Davis, 92, grew up in was made from logs cut from trees on the family farm. There was nothing in Kentucky to […]

February 17, 2017

Vermont Vets Eligible for Living Stipend

BRATTLEBORO, VT – Union Institute & University is expanding its Veterans in Union living allowance stipend opportunity nationwide to Vermont veterans. As a Yellow Ribbon University, and recently named a 2017 Military-Friendly® School, Union is committed to serving the unique needs of veterans. “This stipend opportunity assists veterans in the completion of their undergraduate, master’s […]

February 17, 2017

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Tennessee Office Helps Vets Get Jobs

Educators at Middle Tennessee State University hope a new investment in resources for student veterans will serve as a launching pad into civilian life. The university on Tuesday officially unveiled 600 square feet in added space for the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center. The expansion includes office space and staff members […]

February 17, 2017

Nonprofit-Profit Online Degree Programs Differ

With the rise in popularity of online education, students can find several programs to choose from. One of the choices that they will have to make is whether to go with a nonprofit or for-profit online degree program. Similar to traditional universities and colleges, there is a difference between nonprofit and for-profit online degree programs. […]

February 17, 2017

Groups Says Study Justifies Funding of GI Bill

WASHINGTON — In the first six years after the rollout of the multibillion-dollar Post-9/11 GI Bill, more than half of the veterans using the education benefit completed their degrees. Through September 2015, about 453,000 degrees were earned. Student Veterans of America, a nonprofit coalition of veterans groups on college campuses, released new research to Congress […]

February 17, 2017

Free Tuition: Here’s the Fine Print

As anyone who’s ever applied for financial aid knows, affordable tuition often seems possible only if you’re willing to fill out a thousand forms, provide test scores, grades and proof of awesomeness, and promise your first born to the college of your dreams. But what if you could go to college free of charge — […]

February 16, 2017

Merchant Marines to Resume Vessel Training

KINGS POINT, N.Y.— Federal officials say a training program that places U.S. Merchant Marine Academy midshipmen on board commercial vessels is resuming. The program called Sea Year had been halted amid concerns about sexual assault and harassment. The 900-member academy located on Long Island Sound outside New York City trains graduates to work in the […]

February 16, 2017

Veterans Share Tips on Benefits

CSUSB veteran students provide first-hand insights into a variety of tuition benefits for members of the military on active duty or after its completion. While in service, active duty members receive tuition assistance which pays on a per class basis up to $4,500 a year. “While you are in the military they pay for your […]

February 16, 2017

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Veterans’ Seminar Will Expand

STEVENS POINT – A seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point that helps veterans transition out of military life will be available at other campuses in the UW System starting in the fall. The Back from the Front seminar is open only to first-year students who are veterans or currently enlisted. The course helps the […]

February 16, 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

For-Profits See New Opportunities

The invitation went out to top universities including Ohio State and Notre Dame: Let’s talk about the future of American higher education under President Donald Trump. It also went to a less-august institution: DeVry Education Group. That DeVry was invited to a January “listening session” on education by Trump’s team hints at where his administration […]

February 16, 2017

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Investors See Bright Future for For-Profits

The invitation went out to top universities including Ohio State and Notre Dame: Let’s talk about the future of American higher education under President Donald Trump. It also went to a less-august institution: DeVry Education Group Inc. That DeVry was invited to a January “listening session” on education by Trump’s team hints at where his […]

February 16, 2017

Report: Veterans Need Help Getting to “Normal”

Public understanding of the needs of military veterans has focused largely post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, suicide rates, and poor conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But the great majority of the veterans of post-9/11 wars need social services that will help them transition back to civilian life. Read More

February 16, 2017

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DeVos’s Lack of Experience Spells Trouble

If you have been paying attention at all then you know that the upheaval surrounding the appointment of Betsy Devos as the new education secretary is unprecedented. The petitions and the protests have been signed and joined by the millions. The backlash from this dismaying appointment isn’t just a unilateral opposition to everything Trump, but […]

February 14, 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

Minnesota Governor Pitches $62 Million Grant Program

More Minnesotans would get help paying for college under DFL Gov. Mark Dayton’s $62 million plan to expand the state’s grant program for low- and middle-income students. The proposal amounts to a small piece of the governor’s $46 billion, two-year budget proposal, which is now being considered by the state Legislature. But the governor’s office […]

February 14, 2017

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“Band of Brothers” Veteran/Teacher Dies

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Edward Tipper, a World War II paratrooper who was portrayed in the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 95. He died Feb. 1 in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, said his daughter, Kerry Tipper. Edward Tipper was a member of the famed Easy Company, part of the 101st […]

February 14, 2017

Campus Opens Veterans’ Center

Dakota County Technical College student Nelson Newbill Jr. has been an active user of the campus’ Military and Veterans Service Center since he started taking classes in 2015, despite the fact that the location and size limited its usefulness for some students. Newbill said the old location for the veterans center was crowded, which could […]

February 14, 2017

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