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Military Connection: Study Finds that Veterans Need Support to Cope
By Debbie Gregory. A recent study has revealed that Veteran students have a difficult time overcoming the use of avoidance coping strategies, often linked to anxiety and depression. Using avoidance...
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Military Connection: College Admission Counseling for Veterans
By Joe Silva Millions of Veterans have enrolled in college through the use of the Post-9/11 GI Bill or other Veteran education benefits. Veteran education benefits provide those who served their...
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Military Connection: Model for Rating Veteran-Friendly Schools
By Joe Silva Since the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2009, more than one million individuals, including Veterans and dependents with transferred GI Bill benefits, have enrolled at...
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Veteran Students Who Drop Out May Owe Repayment
By Debbie Gregory. Veteran students who attend school on the GI Bill may be facing monetary consequences if they fail to complete classes. The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to recoup more...
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Veteran Student Tips for Using GI Bill Benefits
By Debbie Gregory. The GI Bill program provides the most generous school benefits paid to veteranss since the original bill was enacted in 1944. But many veteran students are getting off to a rocky...
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VITAL Puts Psychologists on Campuses for Student Veterans
By Debbie Gregory. The Department of Veterans Affairs has deployed a contingent of mental health helpers to dozens of college campuses across the country to assist student veterans. The program,...
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Veteran Education Disrupted by ITT Closure
By Debbie Gregory. Valuable veteran education benefits could be affected for as many as 7,000 veteran students using their GI Bill benefits at ITT Technical Institute. The company has shut its doors...
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State and Community Colleges Successful for Student Veterans
By Debbie Gregory. Student veterans face challenges that their civilian counterparts don’t; they are usually older than civilian students and in many cases, they are juggling college with families,...
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Will VA Scrap Ethics Law That Safeguards Veteran Students?
Debbie Gregory. Statute 38 U.S.C. 3683 is an ethics law that prohibits Department of Veterans Affairs employees from receiving money or owning a stake in for-profit colleges. But the VA is now pushing...
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Some of the Challenges Facing Student Veterans
By Debbie Gregory. Military veteran benefits such as the Montgomery GI Bill, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and now the Forever GI Bill, have enabled education for veterans by paying for expenses such as...
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