"Bringing a veteran presence to campus; Wave of new leaders, thanks to GI Bill" by Peter Schworm, Globe Staff / December 12, 2010
Waves of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are enrolling in Massachusetts colleges and universities, using generous government benefits to reinvent themselves, build on hard lessons learned in war, and take on important roles on campus.
It is a fascist society now, folks.
Though some of the 7,400 veterans enrolled in Massachusetts schools this year through the GI Bill are struggling with the transition from war, veterans advocates say, a striking number are using their experience to guide others.
Yeah, it's all been for the good, the lies, the everything.
Rich Jones is one of them. Like many of his fellow vets, he is, at 28, older than his classmates. Eight years ago, when he first entered Holyoke Community College, he says he was adrift and chose video games over the library.
I made the opposite choice.
:-(
It didn’t take much for an Army recruiter to lure him away....
Given the theme of the video games that is completely understandable.
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And who is benefiting?
"Colleges boosted by military students" by Eric Gorski, Associated Press / December 10, 2010
For-profit college companies are taking in enormous amounts of federal student aid money by recruiting and enrolling military service members, veterans, and their families, with questionable returns, according to a report from a vocal Senate critic of the industry.
Except for the bottom line of the for-profits!
Citing low student loan repayments and high dropout rates at for-profit schools in general, the report from Senator Tom Harkin urges Congress and the federal agencies involved to act now to make sure the programs are not being exploited.
A representative of for-profit colleges responded that the enrollment growth ought to be celebrated and that active-duty military and veterans are choosing schools that serve their needs.
Related: Veterans Getting an Education
The report from Harkin, chairman of the Senate Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, stops short of saying the schools are failing veterans or the taxpayers.
Or all of us.
But it does provide a snapshot of how successful for-profit colleges have been in enrolling military personnel and veterans after the government greatly expanded their college benefits through the Post-9/11 GI Bill of 2008 and more generous Department of Defense education programs.
I'm not saying they shouldn't get help or be there; I'm just saying the rest of the nation always takes a backseat to the military and empire.
Heck, HALF of the U.S. FEDERAL BUDGET is "defense" spending."
Between 2006 and 2010, combined Defense Department and Veterans Affairs education benefits received by 20 for-profit education companies increased from $66.6 million to a projected $521.2 million, an increase of 683 percent, the report says....
The dollars from military benefits, the report said, allow for-profit schools to evade a federal rule that no more than 90 percent of their revenues come from federal Title IV money, such as Pell Grants. GI Bill and Defense Department aid is exempt from that rule, something Democratic lawmakers have pledged to try to overturn and for-profit colleges oppose.
Well, it is TOO LATE NOW, Democraps!
Why didn't you DO THAT TWO YEARS AGO when you had a FILIBUSTER-PROOF MAJORITY??
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And remember, kids, if you DO NOT MAKE IT it is YOUR OWN FAULT!
"In poll, public faults students on college graduation rates; Parents also take hit; schools escape blame from most" by Eric Gorski, Associated Press / December 10, 2010
The public pins most of the blame for poor college graduation rates on students and their parents and gives a pass to colleges and government officials, a new Associated Press-Stanford University poll shows.
Unless it is THEM and THEIR KID!
Of course, kinda hard doing the schoolwork while holding down the part-time s***-job to pay rent while the student loans build up isn't it, kids?
But whatever it is it is NOT the FAULT of LOOTING, LYING ELITISTS in academia and government!
All sectors of American higher education received high marks for quality. That extends to for-profit colleges, despite recent criticism of dubious recruiting tactics, high student loan default rates, and other problems at some schools....
How laughable when all our schools suck.
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Also see: Documentary captures pressure on students to succeed
Maybe you should be going into the military first, kids.
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Maybe not.
I'm going to be cutting class on so many Boston Globe articles now.
The relationship is over, and as I clean up this blog there will be a few memory hole surprises.
May God shine upon you today, dear and beloved readers and followers.
