Post Tag: "GI Bill"

GI Bill Processing Needs Updates for Veterans and Schools

On February 19th, 2013 by Rob Kane

Stars and Stripes – Veterans Affairs officials insist they’re processing post 9/11 GI Bill claims faster than ever. But student veterans say they have no way of knowing. Veterans advocates lobbied lawmakers Thursday to improve the department’s response to student applying for education benefits, saying that basic information on when claims will be completed [...]

VA Decreasing GI Bill Processing Time with Automation Tools

On February 15th, 2013 by Rob Kane

Good news for veterans in the Post 9/11 GI Bill program. VA has automated the payment of benefits for nearly half of the veterans in the Post-9/11 GI Bill program. Claims processing decreased from 23 days in September 2012 to eight days in January 2013. VA blog – In June 2008, Congress passed the Post-9/11 [...]

Student Veterans Struggle To Get In-State College Tuition

On December 19th, 2012 by Rob Kane

Huffington Post – After serving in the military, Andrew Sammons returned to home to the house where he lived with his wife in North Carolina and decided to apply to the University of North Carolina-Wilmington to get his master’s degree in accounting. He then spent the better part of three months trying to prove [...]

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TOPICS: college tuition • GI Bill • residency issues • student veteran

Late Pay from VA Cripples Veterans’ Finances

On October 24th, 2012 by Rob Kane

Our veterans continue to have problems with the VA processing their paperwork. Backlogs continue to plague student veterans waiting on GI Bill pay and college student workstudy programs. For students who are dedicating their time to studies while working, it’s incredibly frustrating to worry about whether rent will be paid on time. It detracts [...]

Iraq Veteran Denied In-State Tuition

On October 17th, 2012 by Rob Kane

This Iraq veteran was denied in-state tuition for her education in North Carolina after deployed abroad. She continued to pay property taxes on her home in the state but upon her discharge returned to NC and enrolled in school. However, she is not recognized as a resident while she was on orders in Iraq. [...]

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TOPICS: GI Bill • veteran education

College Admissions Tips for Military Veterans

On October 5th, 2012 by Rob Kane

If you have questions about education benefits eligibility, please check with the VA. Swords may be able to help you improve your eligibility through a discharge upgrade if you received a military discharge that was not fully honorable. NY Times – If you’ve served in the military but have dreams of one day earning [...]

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TOPICS: GI Bill • Post 9/11 education • VA benefit

VA Weeks, Months Late Paying Student Veterans

On October 2nd, 2012 by Rob Kane

NBC News – Student veterans hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs to help fellow ex-service members transition into college have routinely waited four to six weeks — and, in one case, four months — for unpaid wages, prompting eviction worries and mounting debt, according to a survey of program members obtained by NBC News. Ashley Metcalf, [...]

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TOPICS: GI Bill • Veterans Administration • workstudy

Colleges, Universities Up Offerings to Student Veterans

On August 22nd, 2012 by Rob Kane

NewsOK (The Oklahoman) – When Edward Godec began attending Rose State College four years ago, one of his first stops on campus was to the school’s veterans affairs office. Godec, a U.S. Army veteran, sat down with an adviser to get his Post-9/11 G.I. Bill benefits processed. Once the paperwork was complete, he asked [...]

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TOPICS: GI Bill • student vet • student veteran

Thousands of Veterans Failing in Latest Battlefield: College

On July 6th, 2012 by Amy Fairweather

“I am hoping the results are still out on the 3% graduation figure noted below but it is clear that too many student veterans are falling through the cracks, and in these cases, dropping out of school as a result. We don’t have hard data, but with the employment market still in the doldrums, [...]

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TOPICS: GI Bill • student veteran • veteran education

Firm Accused of Preying on Veterans to Relinquish GIBill.com

On June 28th, 2012 by Rob Kane

California Watch – Foster City-based Internet marketing company QuinStreet has agreed to hand over one of its websites to the federal government and pay $2.5 million to settle claims it violated consumer protection laws by deceptively marketing for-profit colleges to military veterans. California Watch first reported earlier this month that Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway was [...]

States’ Attorneys Get Victory for Veterans and the GI Bill

On June 27th, 2012 by Admin

Officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs applauded a decision by the attorneys general of several states to give VA the rights to use the GIBill.Com website, after the website’s original owners QuinStreet Inc. agreed to give up the internet site to settle a lawsuit by the states. “This action is a victory for [...]

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TOPICS: GI Bill • veteran education

For-Profit Schools Cash In On The GI Bill

On June 27th, 2012 by Rob Kane

CNN Money – The GI Bill was designed to help veterans, but the biggest beneficiaries seem to be the for-profit private schools that are raking in taxpayer dollars. The Department of Veterans Affairs bankrolls four years of higher education for veterans who have served since September 11, 2001. The VA paid out $4.4 billion [...]

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TOPICS: for-profit school • GI Bill • veteran education

michael dakduk, executive director for SVA

U.S. Veterans Targeted By Marketers in College Selection Process

On April 30th, 2012 by Rob Kane

ABC News – The Post-9/11 GI Bill offers financial support for veterans’ education, leading some marketers to target vets with deceptive advertising about college opportunities and President Obama to sign an executive order on Friday to curb those abuses. The bill was an enormous boost to Michael Dakduk, who served in the Marine Corps [...]

Veterans Group Revokes Charters from 26 Colleges

On April 30th, 2012 by Rob Kane

USA Today – A national advocacy group for student veterans, concerned that some for-profit colleges may be misrepresenting the organization to boost their image as military-friendly schools, has revoked chapter membership from 26 for-profit campuses and is reviewing compliance at its remaining 35 for-profit members. Charters were revoked at schools where campus administrators were [...]