Category: Our Op-Eds and Blogs

Q: Arnold Ventures Podcast: Podcast: ‘Dollar Signs in Uniform’: How For-Profit Education Continues to Target GI Bill Money

"For 75 years, the GI Bill has provided military service members with invaluable educational opportunities. And for just as long, for-profit colleges and universities have sought to gain and maintain access to that funding stream. In the latest episode of “ Deep Dive with Laura Arnold ,” Laura sits down with Carrie Wofford, President of Veterans Education Success, to examine some of the questionable recruiting tactics being employed by for-profit institutions and discuss ways in which the system can be improved for the brave men and women who have proudly served." Learn more and listen to the podcast , ‘Dollar Signs in Uniform’: How For-Profit Education Continues to Target GI Bill Money, featuring President Wofford published January 7, 2020.

Q: The Spouse Angle Podcast: Controversial Changes to Education Benefits, Explained

This podcast was published by The Spouse Angle on December 4, 2019. The Spouse Angle: Controversial Changes to Education Benefits, Explained By Natalie Gross Think the Post-9/11 GI Bill is just for veterans? Some recent changes to the education benefit have everything to do with active-duty families. Natalie brings on a GI Bill expert to explain what's new and why the updates are so controversial. Listen to the podcast here .

Q: Oregon Legislature should close for-profit college loophole, protect student veterans

Student veteran Jay Hernandez wrote an op-ed in the Oregon newspaper. "I became a U.S Marine because I wanted more out of my life. I was born into poverty and into a disability-stricken family: my father was illiterate, my mother, legally blind. I loved my parents, of course, but growing up I really had no one to guide or mentor me through my education. I had no clue how to apply to college and knew it wasn’t an option for me anyway. What I did know was that I would have to work harder than most to carve out a fruitful life for myself. Enlisting in the military was a great first step. My second step, not so much...." Read the full op-ed here: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2019/06/07/oregon-legislature-close-profit-college-loophole-protect-student-vets-guest-opinion/1343784001/

The Trump Administration Is Going to Automatically Forgive the Student Loans of Severely Disabled Veterans – What Does that Mean?

Mike Saunders2020-01-16T20:27:50+00:00December 10th, 2019|Categories: Disabled Vets - More News & Info, Our Op-Eds and Blogs|

Oregon Legislature should close for-profit college loophole, protect student veterans
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Oregon Legislature should close for-profit college loophole, protect student veterans

Our Students2019-10-15T13:43:28+00:00June 7th, 2019|Categories: 90/10, Our Op-Eds and Blogs, School Accountability & Student Protections - more news & info|

Arnold Ventures Podcast: Podcast: ‘Dollar Signs in Uniform’: How For-Profit Education Continues to Target GI Bill Money

Stars & Stripes: Let Protect VETS Act teach for-profit schools a lesson

Higher Learning Advocates: State of the Military-Connected Student Community in 2019

The Spouse Angle Podcast: Controversial Changes to Education Benefits, Explained

The Trump Administration Is Going to Automatically Forgive the Student Loans of Severely Disabled Veterans – What Does that Mean?

Higher Learning Advocates: Today’s Students: Inspiration for Higher Education

Lumina Podcast: Time to Recognize Lessons Learned in the Military

Stakes are High for Veterans as Congress Debates the Higher Education Act

The Military Lending Act and You

The ’90-10 rule’ in higher education is a target on veterans’ backs

On the 75th Anniversary of the GI Bill, Military-Connected Students Need The College Transparency Act

Oregon Legislature should close for-profit college loophole, protect student veterans

Veterans Education Success