"We have heard from some Veterans who are experiencing delays in receiving their benefits for the spring term. This is not a nationwide issue, but we have received more enrollments than we had … [Read more...]
VSO’s Join Forces to Help Ensure Student-Veteran Success
February 13, 2012 | Terry HowellIn a response to the recent reports about student-veterans wasting their benefits by enrolling in schools that fail to confer relevant educational credentials and proper programmatic accreditation, a … [Read more...]
Vets Should Get the In-State Rate
February 01, 2011 | Terry HowellThe recent news that Virginia is considering treating new veteran college students as residents, along with the details of the upcoming changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition and fees payment rules, … [Read more...]
VA Says New GI Bill Payment System a Success
January 31, 2011 | Terry Howell[Note: The following press release was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs. ]Source: Department of Veterans AffairsVA Automating Educational Benefits under Post-9/11 GI … [Read more...]
GI Bill 2.0: Offers Online Living Stipend
January 16, 2011 | Terry HowellThe latest version of the Post-9/11 GI Bill – GI Bill 2.0 – offers expanded benefits, especially for online students. Distant learners, as they are referred to by VA policy, were previously … [Read more...]
GI Bill 2.0 Causes Vet Unrest
January 10, 2011 | Terry HowellThe President recently signed the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvement Act, also known as GI Bill 2.0 . Unfortunately, just like the original Post-9/11 GI Bill, the fix was a … [Read more...]
VA Offers More Details on GI BIll Changes
January 06, 2011 | Terry HowellSource: Department of Veterans Affairs Upcoming Changes to The Post-9/11 GI-Bill The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 was recently signed into law. This page lists … [Read more...]
President Signs GI Bill 2.0
January 05, 2011 | Terry Howell
President Obama has signed the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvement Act (GI Bill 2.0) into law. The reforms are being praised for streamlining the GI Bill – mainly by doing away with … [Read more...]
2011 GI Bill Update: Housing Stipend Changes
December 20, 2010 | Terry HowellThere are two major issues which will affect the GI Bill’s monthly housing (living) stipend in 2011. The first is a decrease in the DoD’s Basic Allowance for Housing payment rates which will go … [Read more...]
The Post-9/11 GI Bill Fix Details
December 17, 2010 | Terry HowellAs reported here for the last two years, the Post-9/11 GI Bill - although great in some ways, fell short in others. The good news is Congress finally passed a laundry list of substantive fixes that … [Read more...]
