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Study Finds Better Outcomes Among PGIB Veterans at Nonprofit, Public Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Veterans who did not personally use their Post-9/11 GI Bill (PGIB) benefits earned $1,700 less annually than those who did, according to an interagency study on how enlisted veterans used benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-operated education program.

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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cutting across political party lines, an overwhelming majority of Americans see veteransservices as a priority (Schaeffer, 2021). Given that less than 1% of Americans have served in the military, administrative leaders across all education sectors often have a learning curve. Dr. Susan M.

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The Failure of DOD Tuition Assistance

Higher Education Inquirer

In a world where military service members are promised educational opportunities as part of their service, the U.S. By signing this agreement, institutions commit to adhering to strict guidelines designed to protect service members from deceptive practices. Department of Education (ED).

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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. There are also military and metro sites throughout the U.S. At the graduate level there are eight graduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. We create an environment that supports them.”

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Oklahoma is the latest state to wage war on DEI

University Business

The linked materials represent the best efforts of hundreds of staff across the state system of higher education to provide the requested information in a very short amount of time during the busy start of the spring semester,” Garrett said. The verdict: less than 1% of state and federal funding supports DEI. million in funding, only $3.7

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid.

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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.]