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Veteran Sues U.S. Government, Alleges Racial Discrimination Against Black Vets

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Marine Corps veteran is suing the U.S. government, alleging that it has historically discriminated against Black military veterans, denied them access to housing and education benefits, and rejected service-related disability claims at far higher rates than other veterans, Task & Purpose reported.

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Higher ed and the military must collaborate (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the military draft and the birth of America’s all-volunteer force, and the golden anniversary comes at a time when the future of the volunteer military has never been more uncertain. Meanwhile, Congress has set the annual salary for a new military enlistee at less than $26,000.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among the programs are accounting, business administration, health administration and services, finance, human resources, and marketing. Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federal government. There are also military and metro sites throughout the U.S.

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Rebuilding the Purpose of the GI Bill (Garrett Fitzgerald*)

Higher Education Inquirer

The landscape of military-connected students in higher education has been filled with turmoil for the last two decades. Bill, a well-earned and financially substantial benefit for student veterans since 1944, has been a lightning rod for this turmoil. [This article is part of the Transparency-Accountability-Value series.]

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About 370 more free college programs have erupted nationwide in 8 years

University Business

Additionally, colleges can collaborate with community organizations to create social and economic networks that expose students to mentorship opportunities, scholarships, internships and mental health services. Students with disabilities: Standardizing how colleges identify disabilities to increase students’ access to services.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

Quality student support services, access to career services, the experience of being on site again, has given many of them confidence to use prior learning assessment. And basically, we were told that as a community college, were not serving our veterans well and on many fronts, but one of those was prior learning assessment.

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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

This program also allowed military veterans to earn a quality education and credit for service. The University of Richmond, an institutional member here at CHEL, has a Student Government Association at its School of Professional Studies designed to do just that: involve non-traditional students in campus activities.