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VA Keeps Processing of New GI Bill Education Benefits In-House
10 November 08 01:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The education benefits of the new GI Bill — which will provide eligible veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with four years of college funding — will be processed in-house by the Department of Veterans Affairs and not outsourced to a private Read More...

Filed under: Afghanistan, American Legion, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, David Rehbein, Department of Veterans Affairs, financial aid, GI Bill, GI Bill education benefits, higher education, In-State Tuition, Iraq, NextStudent, Patrick Dunne, public colleges, student loans, VA, veterans

Colleges May Be Required to Refund Student Loans for Military Members Called Into Service
01 July 08 05:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

At the same time the recently passed GI Bill was being pushed through Congress, legislators have been considering a veterans education “bill of rights” that would protect service members who are called to duty in the middle of their higher education studies, Read More...

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Veterans See Education Benefits Double as New GI Bill Becomes Law
30 June 08 02:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The new GI Bill , signed by President Bush on June 30, more than doubles veterans’ education funds from the current $40,000 to $90,000, and is seen as a return to the same generous benefits extended to veterans of World War II, according to an Associated Read More...

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Pending 21st Century GI Bill: New Benefits for a New Era
26 June 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Many educators are excited about the potential impact of the proposed GI Bill, legislation that has gotten the nod by President Bush in its current form, according to an article in Inside Higher Ed (“ Gauging the New GI Bill ,” June 20, 2008). “I think Read More...

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