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Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets
A Fortune 500 company hoping to hire hundreds more veterans in the next year is guaranteeing interviews to former service members across the country next week. Veterans looking for jobs in healthcare, business, social work, and other fields can interview in person at one of DaVita Kidney Care’s eight business offices or over the phone.
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Military Times Best Places to Live 2017
We used data from multiple sources to compare locations across three broad categories: veteran and military culture and services, economic indicators — some veteran-specific and some not — and livability factors such as crime, health, school quality and traffic.
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Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August
Veterans who served in the military after 9/11 fared better in the job market last month than they did all summer, the latest federal data show.
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Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts
Last Wednesday, the Student Veterans of America chapter at the University Houston hosted a back-to-school breakfast for its members. A week later, school would be cancelled and their city would be under water. Now, instead of sitting in classes, many of them are treading through flooded streets to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
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Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers
The U.S. Department of Labor is accepting public input on the criteria for a new awards program aimed at recognizing employers who recruit, hire and retain military veterans.
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Trump signed the ‘Forever GI Bill.’ Here are 11 things you should know.
President Trump has just put his signature on a new law that will bring significant changes to education benefits for service members, veterans and their families. The legislation known as the “Forever GI Bill” garnered strong bipartisan support in Congress, passing unanimously in both the House and Senate.
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New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials
The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier reports that the commission’s unanimous Thursday vote is the first of three major approvals that Purdue needs to start operating the online university. The online school would stem from Purdue’s recent acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University and is being referred to as “NewU” until an official name is chosen.
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Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill
The Post 9-11 GI Bill has generated a significant bump in college enrollment. But the researcher of a recent New York University study wasn’t expecting to see that the largest growth has come from veterans earning advanced degrees — particularly older veterans who already have a master’s.
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Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA
An online university in danger of losing its eligibility to enroll GI Bill users, recently allowed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue such enrollments pending court appeals, is accusing the VA of disseminating bad information and wants students to go to the White House with complaints.
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Vets hurt by school shutdowns would get benefits restored under new ‘Forever GI Bill’ law
Under a popular piece of legislation that’s quickly made its way through Congress, GI Bill users who lost their benefits to schools that have abruptly closed since 2015 would get their benefits restored for any credits that did not transfer to another institution.
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Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets
A Fortune 500 company hoping to hire hundreds more veterans in the next year is guaranteeing interviews to former service members across the country next week. Veterans looking for jobs in healthcare, business, social work, and other fields can interview in person at one of DaVita Kidney Care’s eight business offices or over the phone.
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Military Times Best Places to Live 2017
We used data from multiple sources to compare locations across three broad categories: veteran and military culture and services, economic indicators — some veteran-specific and some not — and livability factors such as crime, health, school quality and traffic.
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Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August
Veterans who served in the military after 9/11 fared better in the job market last month than they did all summer, the latest federal data show.
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Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts
Last Wednesday, the Student Veterans of America chapter at the University Houston hosted a back-to-school breakfast for its members. A week later, school would be cancelled and their city would be under water. Now, instead of sitting in classes, many of them are treading through flooded streets to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
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Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers
The U.S. Department of Labor is accepting public input on the criteria for a new awards program aimed at recognizing employers who recruit, hire and retain military veterans.
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Trump signed the ‘Forever GI Bill.’ Here are 11 things you should know.
President Trump has just put his signature on a new law that will bring significant changes to education benefits for service members, veterans and their families. The legislation known as the “Forever GI Bill” garnered strong bipartisan support in Congress, passing unanimously in both the House and Senate.
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New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials
The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier reports that the commission’s unanimous Thursday vote is the first of three major approvals that Purdue needs to start operating the online university. The online school would stem from Purdue’s recent acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University and is being referred to as “NewU” until an official name is chosen.
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Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill
The Post 9-11 GI Bill has generated a significant bump in college enrollment. But the researcher of a recent New York University study wasn’t expecting to see that the largest growth has come from veterans earning advanced degrees — particularly older veterans who already have a master’s.
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Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA
An online university in danger of losing its eligibility to enroll GI Bill users, recently allowed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue such enrollments pending court appeals, is accusing the VA of disseminating bad information and wants students to go to the White House with complaints.
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Vets hurt by school shutdowns would get benefits restored under new ‘Forever GI Bill’ law
Under a popular piece of legislation that’s quickly made its way through Congress, GI Bill users who lost their benefits to schools that have abruptly closed since 2015 would get their benefits restored for any credits that did not transfer to another institution.
-
Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets
A Fortune 500 company hoping to hire hundreds more veterans in the next year is guaranteeing interviews to former service members across the country next week. Veterans looking for jobs in healthcare, business, social work, and other fields can interview in person at one of DaVita Kidney Care’s eight business offices or over the phone.
-
Military Times Best Places to Live 2017
We used data from multiple sources to compare locations across three broad categories: veteran and military culture and services, economic indicators — some veteran-specific and some not — and livability factors such as crime, health, school quality and traffic.
-
Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August
Veterans who served in the military after 9/11 fared better in the job market last month than they did all summer, the latest federal data show.
-
Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts
Last Wednesday, the Student Veterans of America chapter at the University Houston hosted a back-to-school breakfast for its members. A week later, school would be cancelled and their city would be under water. Now, instead of sitting in classes, many of them are treading through flooded streets to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
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Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers
The U.S. Department of Labor is accepting public input on the criteria for a new awards program aimed at recognizing employers who recruit, hire and retain military veterans.
-
Trump signed the ‘Forever GI Bill.’ Here are 11 things you should know.
President Trump has just put his signature on a new law that will bring significant changes to education benefits for service members, veterans and their families. The legislation known as the “Forever GI Bill” garnered strong bipartisan support in Congress, passing unanimously in both the House and Senate.
-
New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials
The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier reports that the commission’s unanimous Thursday vote is the first of three major approvals that Purdue needs to start operating the online university. The online school would stem from Purdue’s recent acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University and is being referred to as “NewU” until an official name is chosen.
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Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill
The Post 9-11 GI Bill has generated a significant bump in college enrollment. But the researcher of a recent New York University study wasn’t expecting to see that the largest growth has come from veterans earning advanced degrees — particularly older veterans who already have a master’s.
-
Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA
An online university in danger of losing its eligibility to enroll GI Bill users, recently allowed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue such enrollments pending court appeals, is accusing the VA of disseminating bad information and wants students to go to the White House with complaints.
-
Vets hurt by school shutdowns would get benefits restored under new ‘Forever GI Bill’ law
Under a popular piece of legislation that’s quickly made its way through Congress, GI Bill users who lost their benefits to schools that have abruptly closed since 2015 would get their benefits restored for any credits that did not transfer to another institution.
