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Time is Running Out to Make Simple Fixes to GI Bill Education Benefits

ACE — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:14:40 +0000

Note: Before the December 2021 holiday break, Congress passed a bipartisan bill to extend COVID flexibility provisions and make these important technical fixes to veterans education benefits laws. This has been a long and arduous process—some changes we’ve been working on for over a year—and we’re pleased that student veterans and their families will finally see some relief. ********** By Terry ...

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Veterans Need Colleges to Keep Some Pandemic-Driven Changes

ACE — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:21:12 +0000

By Ryan Pavel and Amy Bernard The flexibility that colleges and universities introduced during the pandemic provided an unexpected benefit for student veterans, and those improvements shouldn’t be thrown out if and when the world can go back to normal. Student veterans in general have an even greater need for flexibility than traditional students do. Veterans are more likely to be ...

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ACE at 100: Supporting the Dreams of Severely Injured Military Veterans

ACE — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:33:01 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that looks at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. Because of advanced equipment and improved field hospitals, the numbers of wounded and disabled veterans returning from military service versus those dying in combat are unprecedented. While ...

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ACE at 100: Serving Those Who Serve Through the GI Bill

ACE — Wed, 09 May 2018 14:18:04 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. ACE was founded in 1918 with the primary goal of coordinating the resources of higher education to meet the nation’s immediate needs during World War I, including ...

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Recruiting Student Veterans at Cornell: True to Our Founding Principles

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:12:05 +0000

Cornell Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff on how—and why—the university is attempting to quadruple its enrollment of undergraduate veterans by 2020. Currently, fewer than two out of every 1,000 undergraduate students enrolled in Ivy League colleges have served in the U.S. military. I think it is safe to say that there are far more Ivy undergrads who have lived in Paris than ...

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Boosting Veterans’ Enrollment at Top Colleges: “No Cap for Your Potential, No Ceiling for Your Success”

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:45:43 +0000

By Logan Ragsdale For many former service members, transitioning from the military into the civilian world can be a daunting task. Many who plan to take advantage of government-sponsored programs such as the GI Bill perceive their options to further their education to be limited due to their family responsibilities or a poor academic record. Understandably, current and former service members ...

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Texas State University’s Boots to Roots Program Brings STEM Degrees to Vets

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:17:22 +0000

Many veterans leave the military unsure about their educational and career opportunities. Texas State University wants to provide potential student veterans with some answers, and help ease a shortage of qualified candidates for a number of jobs in the agricultural sciences field at the same time. So it is assisting female and Hispanic military veterans earn bachelor’s degrees in agriculture and ...

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#EducateVeterans on Student Financial Aid

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:28:47 +0000

By Dani Molina Since the passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2009, the United States has spent more than $53 billion to educate over 1.4 million military-connected students—veterans, active duty personnel and members of the reserve and National Guard, along with their dependents. The higher education community has also invested in the postsecondary success of military-connected students: A 2012 report ...

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SDSU and Rio Salado College Empowering Student Veterans to Succeed, On and Off Campus

Laurie Arnston — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:54:37 +0000

In commemoration of Veterans Day, we wanted to share with you two ACE member institutions that have initiated innovative programs and services for student veterans. San Diego State University (SDSU) With more than 3,000 military-affiliated students, totaling nearly 10 percent of the student body and one of the largest military populations in California, SDSU is committed to helping student veterans succeed. ...

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Florida International University Cultivates Veterans and Vegetables

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:34:01 +0000

When veterans return home from active duty, many face a difficult question: what’s next? Florida International University (FIU) is hoping to answer that question with its new Veterans and Small Farmers Outreach program. The program is intended to give veterans, particularly those just returning from duty, the chance to learn the farming business and to see it as a way to ...

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TAMUS and GMU Focus on Veterans’ Success

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:49:39 +0000

In commemoration of Veterans Day, we wanted to share with you two ACE member institutions that have initiated innovative programs and services to help student veterans succeed. The Texas A&M University System The Texas A&M University System, which includes 11 universities, follows the strong military tradition associated with its flagship campus, Texas A&M University in College Station. The System now has ...

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From Access to Graduation: Supporting Post-9/11 Undergraduate Student Veterans

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:31:50 +0000

Tanya Ang and Dani Molina look at what it takes for today’s student veterans to succeed in college. Following on the heels of the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2011, the recent end of U.S. combat operations in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Oct. 26 is another reminder of the massive military drawdown in that region. To add to ...

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