Are you thinking about joining the army to receive some money for school? If you’re a veteran or have some connection to the Armed Forces, you’re probably going to want to pay attention to the news about veterans’ benefits that’s been circulating lately. For those people who are excepting financial aid in return for their [...]
According to an article recently published in USA Today, members of Congress representing large city districts with large populations of minorities are not appointing proportionate numbers of minorities to military academies. In fact, the article states that the Associate Press conducted a review of appointment records from the past five years and found that lawmakers [...]
The transition from soldier to student is never easy, but for the brave young men and women returning from war zone deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is particularly difficult. To answer their needs, colleges and universities are launching programs to help them cope with social, psychological and logistical stress.
According to Jim Selbe of [...]
Online education is the driving force behind cheap and accessible learning for all walks of life. A stunning example of the flexibility of this popular form of learning is Cheryl J. Wachenheim, a university Professor from North Dakota State. Although she was deployed to Iraq in 2008, this brave and selfless woman continued [...]
A few weeks ago, an Afghan immigrant was arrested for plotting a terrorist attack that was to be commissioned in New York. Thanks to the brave and expert men and women of our Homeland Security department, September, a month of already dreadful anniversaries, was not compounded with another moment of terror.
The courts [...]
Looking for a way to pay for your college tuition and have a job offer ready and waiting for you when you get your diploma? Well, the Army needs more than a few good men and women – and you might want to check out some of the programs available to ROTC – Reserve [...]
About a month has passed since college began, but the Department of Veteran Affairs has paid education benefits to fewer than half of former Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who requested aid under the new post-9/11 G.I. Bill.
According to VA estimates, 25,000 veterans have still not received money for tuition and other school expenses. [...]
Our current recession has made every single sector of the economy tight with cash, including Veterans Affairs. The recently passed historic post-9/11 GI Bill is slow to provide benefits for soldiers that are done with service and now looking for higher education. Although benefits have been slow to arrive to half of the [...]
