January 16th, 2013 at 6:40 pm » Comments (42)

The more I read about the whole education reform agenda pushed by former DC school superintendent Michelle Rhee the more the reform agenda reminds me of what has happened with the US military’s GI Bill and tuition assistance programs.  Over the past decade the for profit schools have made huge money from these military educational initiative as well as other government programs to fund education while providing minimum educational outcomes for the cost.  I have personally seen servicemembers complete bachelor degrees in under a year and master’s degree programs in
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April 28th, 2012 at 3:38 am » Comments (7)

It is about time that the US government began to crackdown on shady schools competing for GI Bill and tuition assistance money from the US military: Concerned about deceptive marketing practices that cheat veterans out of their GI Bill benefits, President Barack Obama on Friday signed an executive order aimed at marginalizing colleges with poor graduation rates and demanding better college comparison information for all student veterans. According to senior administration officials, the order will limit college recruiters’ access to military bases, develop a complaint system to track violations by
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July 1st, 2008 at 6:43 pm » Comments (13)

The new GI Bill is on the verge of being signed into law by President Bush after months of political theater by the Democrats holding it up in order to claim John McCain doesn’t care about veterans.  With the political theater over a compromise bill that includes elements from both the Democrat and Republican plans has been ironed out that will significantly improve education benefits for US servicemembers. Here is what active duty servicemembers will be getting out of the bill: The bill gets rid of the current enrollment requirements,
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