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Critics Question Hillary Clinton’s College Plan

Hillary Clinton’s plan for college tuition is promising but a lot of critics are doubting its feasibility. Everybody understands her good intention for enhancing the education in the United States but the question is — how exactly is she going to do it? One particular critic of Clinton’s plan questions the specifics and the clarity […]

October 13, 2016

Nonprofit Chain from India Expands to U.S.

BROOKLINE, Mass.— One of India’s largest colleges is expanding into the U.S. with the purchase of one campus in New York and a proposal to buy two more, drawing opposition from state officials in Massachusetts about the quality of the education it will offer. Dozens of U.S. colleges have opened overseas campuses, but few foreign […]

October 13, 2016

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5 Perks Veterans May Not Know About

Being a service member provides you with the honor of serving your country. In return for your service, there are plenty of additional benefits for you and your family. Don’t miss out – make sure these military perks are on your radar. 1. Transferability of the Post-9/11 GI Bill Current service members and veterans up […]

October 11, 2016

Veterans’ Records Found in Storage Unit

RICHMOND, Va.— Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is seeking a criminal investigation after applications for veterans’ benefits were found in a storage unit belonging to a former state employee who was fired last year for mishandling records, officials said. Between 20 and 30 boxes of documents were recovered from the unit belonging to the ex-employee […]

October 11, 2016

Utah State Program Puts PTSD Veterans on Horseback

WELLSVILLE CANYON, Utah —When he was on combat deployment in the Marine Corps, Justin Bishop, of Logan, saw the worst of the worst images from the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. Bishop developed post-traumatic stress disorder — experiencing nightmares, sleepless nights, hyper-vigilance and depression. But because of “the culture and stigma of seeking […]

October 11, 2016

Walden Under Review in Minnesota

Minnesota education officials have launched a review of online PhD programs at a for-profit college with ties to former President Bill Clinton. “We have seen an increased number of complaints related to dissertations at Walden University,” Sandy Connolly of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (MOHE) told NBC News. The review follows an NBC News […]

October 11, 2016

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Senator Urges DOE to Restore Pell Grants Eligibility

(Washington, D.C) – Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Education (“the Department”) to consider using a provision of the Higher Education Act (HEA) to restore Pell Grant eligibility to low-income students impacted by the closures of […]

October 11, 2016

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Why For-Profits Attract Low-Income Students

Richard Green graduated from high school 20 years ago, eager to get a college degree in computer science and launch a career. So when a recruiter from what was then DeVry Institute of Technology told him he could finish his bachelor’s degree in three years instead of four, he signed on.”You want to be something […]

October 11, 2016

Who Has Veterans’ Backs?

If it weren’t for individual schools stepping up to fill the gap, Illinois’ abandonment of the Illinois Veterans Grant would leave many who served our country without the education they earned. While schools are managing to keep up with the payments, it’s up in the air how long that can that last. So what exactly […]

October 7, 2016

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Florida Partnership Supports Veterans

MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Military.com and Veterans Florida announced today that they have joined forces to provide employment tools and resources for veterans and transitioning military members who want to live in Florida. Veterans Florida is a non-profit organization funded by the State of Florida to help promote the state as a […]

October 7, 2016

Alliance Delivers Online Education for Caregivers

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USAA and PsychArmor Institute today unveiled a first-of-its-kind online “School for Military and Veteran Caregivers and Families.” This educational and proactive support program provides free educational content for military and veteran caregivers, who consist of family and friends who voluntarily care for wounded, ill or injured military service members or veterans. The courses in […]

October 7, 2016

Online Classes Will Incorporate Lessons in Teamwork

Most online courses are a solitary experience for learners. Students lack the ability to strike up an impromptu conversation about last week’s homework or compare notes with whoever’s sitting next to them in class. The absence of social interaction could be one reason behind high dropout rates in online classes. Instead their interactions are relegated […]

October 7, 2016

“Opportunity Knox” Helps Veterans Find Jobs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2016) — Where Opportunity Knox, a regional initiative to connect transitioning veterans and/or military spouses to jobs in the Greater Louisville Region, announced that it now is holding office hours at Fort Campbell, a U.S. Army installation located at the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn. In partnership with […]

October 7, 2016

Peer Advisors Help Incoming Veterans

“I’m from Syracuse, but even coming to a new university and meeting people, it’s daunting. It can be overwhelming,” Brigandi says. “Coming to a new campus you have a lot of questions—classes, your benefits, where to go.” He then found a go-to resource: other student veterans. “When I first started I had to go out […]

October 7, 2016

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Making College Affordable: 8 Essential Reads

In the debate on Monday, Sept. 26, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listed “making college debt free,” as part of her plan to build the economy. She said, “I think building the middle class, investing in the middle class, making college debt-free so more young people can get their education, helping people refinance their debt […]

October 7, 2016

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Restoring Pell Grants After Collapse of For-Profits

RESTORING PELL GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AT COLLAPSED FOR-PROFITS: The demise of two massive for-profit college chains in the past two years — Corinthian Colleges and ITT Tech — has left tens of thousands of students having to start over their education. But while affected students may be entitled to cancel their federal loans and take […]

October 7, 2016

Top Army Officers Want Tuition Aid Expanded

The Army is looking at proposals to expand tuition assistance for active duty, Reserve and National Guard soldiers, particularly in the areas of licensing and credentialing not leading to academic degrees, the service’s top enlisted soldiers said Monday. “What we’re trying to figure out — what is that going to do to the cost and […]

October 7, 2016

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Can Online Courses Replace Traditional College?

For much of their modern existance, distance-education courses have suffered from an image problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, they were seen as cheap knockoffs of on-campus offerings, hawked on late-night television by the likes of Sally Struthers, who asked viewers, “Do you want to make more money? Sure, we all do,” in commercials for […]

October 6, 2016

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