Veterans for Career Education Growing as “Let VETS Choose” Tour Crosses America

August 15, 2019  –Tempe, AZ – Over 500 military veterans from dozens of career education colleges and universities have joined Veterans for Career Education (VCE) to protect their right to use their earned GI Bill benefit at the school of their choice. In three weeks, the “Let VETS Choose Tour” has hosted rallies at eight campuses in […]

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Current Legislation to Restrict Veterans’ Choice at Career Schools

In Congress, seven bills and one draft piece of legislation are under consideration to restrict choice for veterans using the GI Bill and servicemembers using military education benefits. Lawmakers are advancing these bills under the banner of protecting veterans and servicemembers. The Preventing Risky Operations from Threatening the Education and Career Trajectories of Students Act […]

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Letter to the Editor: Don’t restrict GI Bill

Veterans for Career Education (VCE) Ambassador and  U.S. Marine Corps veteran Andreau Miller wrote a letter to the editor that was published in The Sentinel . In the Letter, Andreau speaks about how her earned educational benefits allowed her to pursue her goals at Triangle Tech. In the letter, Andreau wrote : “Welding and fabrication […]

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Veterans Defend Right to Attend Career Colleges

In an opinion piece written for Military Times, Navy Veteran and VCE Ambassador Larry Goerzen wrote in response to Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) labeling the credentials earned by veterans at career schools as “worthless” and the institutions as “predatory.” “Veterans are organizing to dispel any suggestions that they were tricked or duped into choosing a […]

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“Let VETS Choose” Tour: Veterans Rally to Protect Choice at Career Schools

 

Veterans for Career Education (VCE) has launched a nationwide mobilization effort for veterans to protect their right to use their earned education benefit at the college or university of their choice. The tour comes at a time when members of Congress and presidential hopefuls have threatened to cut off higher education choice for America’s veterans. […]

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Veterans for Career Education (VCE) Announces New Staff Leadership

 

Michael Dakduk, Marine Corps veteran and co-chair of VCE, announced that Steve Gonzalez and Carl Walker will join the staff of VCE. Steve Gonzalez formerly worked for the U.S. House Budget Committee as a professional staff member. Prior to that, he worked on education issues for the American Legion. Steve is a Marine Corps veteran […]

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VCE Ambassador and U.S. Air Force Veteran Testifies before Congress

Tim McMahon, U.S. Air Force veteran and co-founder of Veterans for Career Education (VCE) testified today before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. In written testimony, Tim said: I am excited to be among the nearly 100 veterans that flew from across the country to Washington D.C., just before Memorial Day, […]

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Opinion: Why not trust veterans to choose their schools? (Daily Comet, Louisiana)

In an opinion piece written for the Daily Comet, a local paper in Louisiana, VCE Ambassador and Army National Guard Veteran Kenneth Mejia wrote about his service and experience at a career school. In the oped, Kenneth talks about how his career school helped save his life. Kenneth writes: During one of our labs in […]

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Attacking the For-profit Sector Helps Neither Students Nor Taxpayers

Attacking the For-profit Sector Helps Neither Students Nor Taxpayers June 26, 2019 by Michael DeBow The federal government currently holds around $1.5 trillion in outstanding student loans—up from “only” $500 million in 2007. Undoubtedly, the federal government—and taxpayers—have an enormous stake in higher education and bureaucrats in the Department of Education see their role as […]

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Let VETS Choose Tour

Let VETS Choose is a Tour Across America hosted by schools for their veteran students, alumnae and families Veterans for Career Education (VCE) representatives will be hosting campus rallies across the country starting July, 2019. We encourage all military students, their families, alumnae and staff to attend to support veterans right to choose the school, their […]

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Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the GI Bill

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944), signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944.  Veterans for Career Education (VCE) celebrates this occasion by reaffirming our commitment to fighting for a veteran’s freedom to choose where they learn under the GI Bill. Veterans have the right […]

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Veterans Education

 

Veterans using their GI Bill benefit to pursue career education often choose career schools over traditional college education.

In 2017, 44% of VA education beneficiaries pursued either a 2-year college or a vocational program of study reflecting their desire to build new career skills.
In 2018, 26% of all VA education beneficiaries attended school less than full time. 43% of those pursued a vocational study program or a 2-year college.

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