White House announces in-state tuition for U.S. veterans, families

[Recursion]

Source: Reuters

All recent U.S. military veterans and their families will now be offered in-state tuition rates to public colleges and universities throughout the country, the White House said on Wednesday.

Announced in honor of the U.S. federal holiday Veterans Day, which fell on Wednesday, the change is part of President Barack Obama's "steadfast commitment" to military families and aims to make sure veterans can both access and get the most out of higher education, administration officials said.

Officials also announced the launch of a revamped comparison tool to offer veteran-specific admissions statistics, which aims to help applicants better evaluate programs, and a new effort to curb deceptive enrollment tactics used by schools aiming to recruit veterans.

Cecilia Munoz, a top domestic policy adviser to the president, said while Obama is pressing his administration to push these changes forward quickly, he is also calling on Congress to move forward on three pieces of legislation to help improve veterans' education.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/11/us-usa-veterans-whitehouse-idUSKCN0T00D720151111#fKDrJk2ihEkhhrPS.97

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Thanks, Obama...

And this is on top of recently cutting for-profit diploma mills out of GI bill funding.

[JDPriestly]

1. Great news!

[daybranch]

2. I thought States themselves made the decision

Did all the states decide to do this? Is the President saying the federal government will pick up the difference in tuition? What is this really?

[Recursion]

3. i assume they said "if you want any GI bill money..." (nt)

[KeepItReal]

4. Great move for military families

Veterans can send themselves or their kids to any public university for in-state tuition costs.

Well done.

[The Wizard]

5. A well deserved benefit

as the families of our servicemen and servicewomen also make sacrifices. Bravo.

[NeoGreen]

6. Define "recent"...

...and for that matter why "recent"?

I guess some veterans are better than others and those who served before it was "cool" get dissed again:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_Victory_Medal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_Recognition_Certificate

In my mind, this goes along with the narrative that the corporate shill, otherwise known as Ronnie #%^&$'ing Raygun, "won the cold war".



As if everyone who served since Eisenhower had nothing to do with it and we were merely partying on the beach.

[Recursion]

8. OFFS

[HDSam]

12. I would tend...

to believe "recent" means those that still have Montgomery or Post 9/11 G.I. Bill eligibility. As you probably know, the Montgomery G.I. Bill expires after 10 years, the Post 9/11 expires 15 years after discharge.

[Sunlei]

7. should exclude online colleges that aren't part of a real well established University.

some of those online colleges just set-up to scam vets out of their education grant money.

[Recursion]

9. This is only public colleges and universities

And for-profit schools essentially got cut out of the GI bill last month.

[Sunlei]

10. Thanks, a good change. Many Vets were scammed out of their 1 time education grant by onlines.

[Recursion]

11. Yup; I saw a lot of that, sadly

I know at least in the Marines they had an out-processing class that all but said "don't go to DeVry, ITT, or Strayer", but people still did (same people who bought the overpriced sports car from the dealership immediately off base and got payday loans from the loan company immediately off base -- they do know their customers...)