Webinar with Paul Fain & Jason Delisle
If you missed the webinar with Paul Fain, the former editor of Inside Higher Ed, and AEI Fellow Jason Delisle, discussing our study on the impact of changing the 90/10…
Roundtable Webinar: Impacts of Changing 90/10
Last week, we released a study highlighting the impacts of changing the 90/10 rule. Among other findings, the study revealed that the proposed changes to 90/10 could have far-reaching unintended…
Strengthening Informed Consent for Prescription Medications
Currently, only-oral informed consent is required in the administration of most prescription drugs to Veterans, according to the 2020 Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Handbook. For Veterans, this commonly includes prescriptions…
Changes to 90-10 Rule Could Harm Veterans – Study Shows
Nearly 100,000 Veterans, Servicemembers, and their families could potentially lose the benefits they've sacrificed so much to earn. Our newly released peer-reviewed study shows that a change to a decades…
The Argument for USERRA for Students
Educational institutions are increasing their recruiting efforts towards members of the military community, however, Servicemembers enrolled in postsecondary programs of higher education lack adequate protections when activated for military service.…
A Different View on Quality Education for Student Veterans
One of the things I was responsible for while the Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity at the Department of Veteran Affairs was the GI Bill. During that time there…
Covid-19 Conditions Highlight Inequity Among Student Veterans
Student Veterans enrolled in distance-learning programs have relied on half as much of the typical Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) as Student Veterans who take traditional in-person courses. With many in-person…
Protecting Student Veterans At All Costs
"It is not the university's problem, Matt, you volunteered to deploy." My stomach twisted as the law school's administrator spoke these words to me. I watched my dreams of becoming…
Sgt. Ryan Hawley, student, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado National Guard, climbs the mountain at Smugglers' Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., Feb. 18, 2016. The Mountain Walk is a culminating event for basic and advanced mountain warfare students to use the skills taught at the Mountain Warfare School. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Rivard)
National Guard Deserves Independent Student Status
Members of the National Guard under the age of 25 can often be disqualified from receiving grants and financial aid because they are not considered independent students. Many states have…
Resources for Student Veterans
We've posted some helpful resources for Student Veterans over the past couple of weeks. Here is a compilation of those resources: Student Code of Conduct. Many universities and colleges have…