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Arkansas House Rejects Savings Plan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers have rejected a proposal for a program allowing parents to create savings accounts to pay for their children’s education. The House voted 50-43 against the bill on March 31. Low-income students and children of military families would have been given priority in access to the funds. As part of […]

April 6, 2017

Wounded Warriors Train Service Dogs for Others

A Maryland organization enlists service members and veterans with combat stress to train service dogs for their fellow wounded warriors. “We teach guys like me to train service dogs for disabled veterans, and that saved my life,” retired U.S. Marines Sgt. Matt Moores said. Moores joined the Marines in 2009 at 26 years old. He […]

April 6, 2017

Nonprofit Camp Serves Veterans

Founded in 2013, Veterans Base Camp “is a 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization dedicated to providing residential and resources needed by our Veterans and First Responders,” according to the facility’s website. With a team consisting of veterans, business owners, corporate employers, private citizens, and government agencies, the mission of the organization is to collaborate to assist […]

April 6, 2017

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Army Connects Transitioning Soldiers to Careers

Each year, over 100,000 transitioning Soldiers leave Army active duty service and look for opportunities in the civilian sector. In fiscal year 2016, Army transition participant surveys showed that 56% of transitioning Soldiers planned to seek employment opportunities in the civilian sector. From March 28 – 30, 2017, the Army hosted a training symposium at […]

April 6, 2017

Officials Discuss Post-Service Options

HURON TWP. — Students with military experience have educational opportunities after serving their country. State higher education officials sat down with BGSU Firelands students to talk about the positives and negatives about transitioning soldiers to students. Department of Higher Education Chancellor John Carey: “ Veteran students are very important to our mission. It’s no secret […]

April 6, 2017

N.C. Bill Would Protect In-State Tuition

Service members who are taking college courses often get deployed or temporarily assigned out of state, causing them to lose their in-state tuition status. A bill in North Carolina has been introduced to allow military personnel to pay in-state tuition fees at community colleges, as long as they stay enrolled, reports the Fayetteville Observer. “We’re […]

April 6, 2017

Trump Era: Easy on For-Profits

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 4, 2017

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University Fosters Insight 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 4, 2017

Credit for Service Advances in Illinois

Proposed legislation that would instruct certain colleges to award educational credit for military credit passed is heading to the Illinois House floor. The Educational Credit for Military Experience Act would allow some of the state’s largest public institutions to award credit they consider applicable to veterans’ degree programs. The nine universities would have until 2018 […]

April 4, 2017

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DeVos Visits Fort Bragg School

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, while visiting a primary school on the Army base, voiced support for allowing some children in military families to use federal vouchers to attend schools they choose. During her meeting with parents and teachers at the Kimberly Hampton Primary School, at least one parent told her he would welcome the […]

April 4, 2017

Campus Bars PTSD Service Dog

DENTON – “This is probably the least disabled veteran friendly school in the nation right now,” Tawan Throngkumpola told NewsFix. Throngkumpola thought his toughest battles were behind him: three tours of duty, IED explosions, and even homelessness. Now, he’s being told his service dog isn’t allowed on campus at the University of North Texas, where […]

April 4, 2017

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Leaders Aim to Link Veterans with Education, Jobs

There are 124 veterans on campus this semester at UWS, comprising 6% of the student population. And that student population is who the Department of Workforce Development and the Department of Labor want to make sure get the help they need when it comes to finding jobs after graduation. Assistant Deputy Secretary Dave Anderson met […]

April 4, 2017

Textbook Helps Veterans Transition

Written for veterans, The Transitioning Student Veteran in Higher Education helps readers apply their active duty experiences to the right higher education choices and career paths. Many veterans struggle to figure out how their military experience can be applied to a higher education experience, and they’re not sure what career paths they’re suited for in […]

April 4, 2017

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Future Pell Grant Funding in Danger?

A proposed plan by President Donald J. Trump to take a total of $3.9 billion from the federal Pell Grant surplus is either “reckless or a spectacularly devious political play.” That is the take of Michael Dannenberg, director of strategic initiatives for policy at Education Reform Now, a District-based education research and policy organization. While […]

April 4, 2017

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Pell Grants Matter

College is not a right; it is a privilege. College attainment is unequally distributed throughout society because of the extensive financial requirements that going to college requires. Because of this unequal distribution, the government of the United States of America created the Pell Grant program with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Pell Grants provide […]

March 31, 2017

Michigan Base Honors “Nose Art” Painters

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Three artists who designed “nose art” for U.S. military aircrafts were recognized at a Michigan Air National Guard 127th Wing ceremony for continuing the long-held tradition in military avionics. The ceremony in Selfridge Tuesday was part of a future event celebrating the base’s 100th anniversary and its role in U.S. military […]

March 31, 2017

Ex-Senator Declines Naval Award

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb announced that he will not accept a Naval Academy Alumni Association award because of recent protests from other alumni. Media outlets report that several alumni wrote to the association starting last week, asking the organization to rescind the Distinguished Graduate Award planned for Webb, a 1968 graduate, […]

March 31, 2017

Ex-Pentagon Chief Returns to Harvard

BOSTON — Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter is the latest member of Barack Obama’s cabinet heading to the world of academia. Harvard University said Carter is being hired as a professor and as director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, a university think tank. Carter follows other top members of the Democratic […]

March 31, 2017