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Purdue University acquires Kaplan, a popular vet destination
Purdue University in Indiana announced plans Thursday to start a new online school by acquiring for-profit Kaplan University, one of the top destinations for military students and veterans.
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Teach For America offers vets a second chance at public service
Program participants, or corps members as Teach for America calls them, work in high-poverty schools across the country for two-year terms. Along with initiatives to recruit a more diverse pool of applicants in recent years, the organization has also upped its efforts to place veterans and military spouses in the classroom
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Study: College credit exams can boost chances of graduating
Among military students who took a CLEP exam, the ones who passed were 12 percent more likely to complete their degrees. The odds were highest at the associate degree level: Military students who earned credit through CLEP were 18 percent more likely to graduate.
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Post-9/11 vet unemployment up in March
After a significant dip in February, the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans ticked up again in March.
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10 schools top new ranking of best cybersecurity programs
UNO is one of 10 universities listed in our new ranking of the best college cybersecurity programs, coming in second behind Syracuse University.
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Study: Military service narrows racial wage gap among women
Serving in the military can boost women’s future earnings and quash significant racial and ethnic disparities in pay, a new study has found.
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VA: GI Bill processing delays impacting 11,000 beneficiaries
Sommona Ada is a graduate student at the University of North Texas who’s been paying for school with the Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits she earned after 11 years in the U.S. Air Force and reserves. But Ada hasn’t been able to re-enroll in classes for the next eight-week term at the UNT Health Science Center…
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DoD: New TA oversight process to focus on correcting, not punishing, colleges
Randomly selected colleges, as well as those whose tuition assistance programs appear to differ significantly from other schools, will be scrutinized by auditors, under a new Defense Department plan.
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Unemployment dips in February for post-9/11 vets
The unemployment rate for veterans who served in the military after 9/11 dropped to 4.6 percent in February – the most significant month-to-month dip in nearly a year and a rate lower than nonveteran civilians.
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Despite decreasing veteran unemployment rate, underemployment remains a problem
Despite a record-low annual unemployment rate of 5.1 percent for post-9/11 veterans in 2016 and a consistent drop from 12.1 percent since 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, experts say the data can paint a misleading picture of veterans in the job market – many of whom struggle with being underemployed.
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Purdue University acquires Kaplan, a popular vet destination
Purdue University in Indiana announced plans Thursday to start a new online school by acquiring for-profit Kaplan University, one of the top destinations for military students and veterans.
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Teach For America offers vets a second chance at public service
Program participants, or corps members as Teach for America calls them, work in high-poverty schools across the country for two-year terms. Along with initiatives to recruit a more diverse pool of applicants in recent years, the organization has also upped its efforts to place veterans and military spouses in the classroom
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Study: College credit exams can boost chances of graduating
Among military students who took a CLEP exam, the ones who passed were 12 percent more likely to complete their degrees. The odds were highest at the associate degree level: Military students who earned credit through CLEP were 18 percent more likely to graduate.
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Post-9/11 vet unemployment up in March
After a significant dip in February, the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans ticked up again in March.
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10 schools top new ranking of best cybersecurity programs
UNO is one of 10 universities listed in our new ranking of the best college cybersecurity programs, coming in second behind Syracuse University.
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Study: Military service narrows racial wage gap among women
Serving in the military can boost women’s future earnings and quash significant racial and ethnic disparities in pay, a new study has found.
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VA: GI Bill processing delays impacting 11,000 beneficiaries
Sommona Ada is a graduate student at the University of North Texas who’s been paying for school with the Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits she earned after 11 years in the U.S. Air Force and reserves. But Ada hasn’t been able to re-enroll in classes for the next eight-week term at the UNT Health Science Center…
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DoD: New TA oversight process to focus on correcting, not punishing, colleges
Randomly selected colleges, as well as those whose tuition assistance programs appear to differ significantly from other schools, will be scrutinized by auditors, under a new Defense Department plan.
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Unemployment dips in February for post-9/11 vets
The unemployment rate for veterans who served in the military after 9/11 dropped to 4.6 percent in February – the most significant month-to-month dip in nearly a year and a rate lower than nonveteran civilians.
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Despite decreasing veteran unemployment rate, underemployment remains a problem
Despite a record-low annual unemployment rate of 5.1 percent for post-9/11 veterans in 2016 and a consistent drop from 12.1 percent since 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, experts say the data can paint a misleading picture of veterans in the job market – many of whom struggle with being underemployed.
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Purdue University acquires Kaplan, a popular vet destination
Purdue University in Indiana announced plans Thursday to start a new online school by acquiring for-profit Kaplan University, one of the top destinations for military students and veterans.
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Teach For America offers vets a second chance at public service
Program participants, or corps members as Teach for America calls them, work in high-poverty schools across the country for two-year terms. Along with initiatives to recruit a more diverse pool of applicants in recent years, the organization has also upped its efforts to place veterans and military spouses in the classroom
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Study: College credit exams can boost chances of graduating
Among military students who took a CLEP exam, the ones who passed were 12 percent more likely to complete their degrees. The odds were highest at the associate degree level: Military students who earned credit through CLEP were 18 percent more likely to graduate.
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Post-9/11 vet unemployment up in March
After a significant dip in February, the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans ticked up again in March.
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10 schools top new ranking of best cybersecurity programs
UNO is one of 10 universities listed in our new ranking of the best college cybersecurity programs, coming in second behind Syracuse University.
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Study: Military service narrows racial wage gap among women
Serving in the military can boost women’s future earnings and quash significant racial and ethnic disparities in pay, a new study has found.
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VA: GI Bill processing delays impacting 11,000 beneficiaries
Sommona Ada is a graduate student at the University of North Texas who’s been paying for school with the Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits she earned after 11 years in the U.S. Air Force and reserves. But Ada hasn’t been able to re-enroll in classes for the next eight-week term at the UNT Health Science Center…
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DoD: New TA oversight process to focus on correcting, not punishing, colleges
Randomly selected colleges, as well as those whose tuition assistance programs appear to differ significantly from other schools, will be scrutinized by auditors, under a new Defense Department plan.
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Unemployment dips in February for post-9/11 vets
The unemployment rate for veterans who served in the military after 9/11 dropped to 4.6 percent in February – the most significant month-to-month dip in nearly a year and a rate lower than nonveteran civilians.
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Despite decreasing veteran unemployment rate, underemployment remains a problem
Despite a record-low annual unemployment rate of 5.1 percent for post-9/11 veterans in 2016 and a consistent drop from 12.1 percent since 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, experts say the data can paint a misleading picture of veterans in the job market – many of whom struggle with being underemployed.
