Post Tag: "student veterans of America"

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 [...]