VA Returns to 2-Tiered MHA System in June
Many students have switched to online learning over the course of the pandemic. This presented difficulties to many Student Veterans since the GI Bill cuts the Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA)…
Make Gainful Employment Data Available to All
As Veterans, we are trained to rely on intelligence before making significant decisions. Data is a necessary advantage, and the more data the better. Thankfully, over the last decade, significant…
Veterans Are Not Getting the full Picture: VA and ED Need to Share Data
We are committed to data-driven policies that advance the interests of Student Veterans and help them to make the right educational decisions. The GI Bill Calculator is a useful tool…
How To Spot Military-Friendly Colleges
The military provides a pretty rigid structure to daily life and despite the bureaucratic mazes of the Department of Defense, you know you can find support or a sympathetic ear…
Dedicated Pathways For Student Veterans
If you are a student Veteran then you probably look back on your time in service and wonder what all those hours of training added up to. You could argue…
House Passes Guard & Reserve GI Bill Parity Act
The US House of Representatives recently passed the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2021 (H.R.1836). The US Senate will soon vote on the Bill to amend title…
Policymakers Want to Make it Harder for Veterans to Succeed
Congressman Bobby Scott, a Democrat representing Virginia's 3rd Congressional District recognizes, as others do, that there is an impending skilled labor shortage that will affect the entire workforce. Unfortunately, those…
Policymakers Are Trying to Restrict Veteran Benefits
One of the biggest reasons many enlist in the Military and serve our country is for the benefits they’re promised. Education, housing, health insurance, etc. To take away or restrict…
Our New Study: How Instructional Spending Policy Can Hurt The People it Aims to Protect
The Federal Government is a key financier in our nation’s higher education through various grants and loans. Consequently, there is a great deal of concern regarding the potential for fraud…
Military Students and Online Colleges
by Paul Fain Lawmakers in Washington have been debating policy changes that could affect the education benefits of veterans of the U.S. military who attend online college programs. For example,…