Jill Biden promotes Post-9/11 GI Bill website
Jill Biden is promoting a new website designed to make it easier for service members, veterans, their spouses and dependents to calculate their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits at thousands of schools and...
View ArticleGI Bill helps military kid choose her college
For months, Trinity High School senior Sydney Dydiw toyed with an important decision.
View ArticleN.C. community college rate break for vets proposed
Gov. Pat McCrory says he wants to make it easier for new veterans to attend any of North Carolina's community colleges.
View Article60,000 troops, vets to receive money in student loan deal
The country's largest student loan providers will pay out $60 million to U.S. troops and veterans for unfair lending practices under a proposed settlement announced by the Justice and Education...
View ArticleVets' advocates push for more student loan protections
For many veterans attending college, student debt ultimately will become 'one of the largest inhibiting factors' to their long-term career success, a veterans' advocate told Senate lawmakers Wednesday.
View ArticleObama: Post-9/11 GI Bill keeps promise to newest vets
The GI Bill, celebrating its 70th anniversary, has had a huge positive impact on the lives of millions of veterans over the years. President Obama says the generous Post-9/11 GI Bill continues to...
View ArticleGI Bill benefit unlikely to be cut, acting VA secretary says
Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson said he 'can't imagine' lawmakers cutting back on veterans education benefits in the near future even with the continued fiscal pressures facing Congress.
View ArticleVA faulted for delays in G.I. Bill student benefits
Nearly 80,000 veterans eligible for the new G.I.
View ArticleCollege's recruiting practices draw congressional fire
Senators and student veteran leaders are working to dissuade would-be college students from using GI Bill funds to enroll at WyoTech and Heald, criticizing the schools' recent recruiting actions as...
View ArticleDoD tightens tuition assistance rules
Force-wide changes to the military's Tuition Assistance program may require troops to pay back their TA money if they perform poorly in class.
View ArticlePost-9/11 GI Bill turns 5
Seventy years ago, the original GI Bill provided a bridge to the middle class for veterans returning from war who may have otherwise found limited opportunity in the civilian world.
View ArticleLaw seeks to expand in-state tuition for all
A bill signed into law by President Obama on Aug. 7, dedicated primarily to overhauling veterans' health care, also includes a major victory for education advocates.
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers vote to protect in-state tuition for veterans
California lawmakers have approved legislation to offer in-state college tuition for veterans who were stationed in California immediately before being discharged.
View ArticleNew program helps families of fallen access education benefits
Even with hundreds of millions of dollars in scholarship money and education benefits available for spouses and children of fallen service members, many of those families struggle to pay for college...
View ArticleFor-profit colleges face 'gainful employment' rule
For-profit colleges that don't produce graduates capable of paying off their student loans could soon face the wrath of the federal government.
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