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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