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Crack Down on Debt

The cost of a college education is not only getting higher. It’s getting tougher, too. At least in Virginia. A Washington Post report indicates that an increasing number of students are being sent to collection agencies over delinquent tuition payments that would appear to be miniscule to the schools but much more substantial to the […]

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Building Competencies for the Future

To address the disconnect between higher education and the workforce, several colleges are experimenting with microcredentials, certificates, clusters of competencies, and even blockchain to communicate easily their students’ mastery of knowledge, skills, and abilities to employers. Some may scorn this trend as unnecessarily catering to a skills-obsessed world. Teaching up-to-the-minute skills appears to run counter […]

New GI Bill— We Can All Be Proud

Members of Congress might not see eye to eye on many issues, but at least they can agree on expansion of the GI Bill that boosts education aid to veterans and their dependents, Purple Heart recipients, and members of the National Guard and Reserves. The bipartisan legislation, dubbed the “Forever GI Bill,” passed the House […]

Cheating Poor Students

Six months ago, the colleges we lead joined 28 other universities and colleges with high graduation rates to launch the American Talent Initiative, an ambitious commitment, now involving 71 institutions, to enroll an additional 50,000 low- and moderate-income students by 2025. Now, however, the Trump Administration and some Congressional leaders are poised to make reaching […]

They Served Us

Given the 16 years of continuous military activity following 9/11, it is not surprising that a large number of returning veterans are looking forward to the next step in their lives. As a nation, we should always remember their individual and collective sacrifice and courage. Increasingly, higher education is taking a larger role in providing […]

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He Has No Idea

My name is Payton McGarry. If you recognize it, that’s because I’m a client in Lambda Legal and the ACLU’s lawsuit against North Carolina’s anti-trans “bathroom bill” HB 2, and now its fake repeal HB 142. What you may not know about me, though, is that I’ve wanted to be in the military ever since […]

Women, Peace & Security

The first US National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace & Security (WPS) was issued in 2011, as a call to action “to accelerate, institutionalize, and better coordinate efforts to advance women’s inclusion in peace negotiations, peacebuilding activities, and conflict prevention and response; to protect women and girls from gender-based violence; and to ensure safe, […]

Finally, a Break on Tuitions

Hearing your parents talk about how they paid for their college tuition with a part-time job can be frustrating. Though these stories are true, the tuition structure has completely changed over the past 30 years. The cost of going to school has skyrocketed, putting more of a burden on you as a student, causing you […]

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Preparing Service Members for Future

In Congress, my colleagues and I have not only been working around-the-clock to repeal and replace Obamacare, we have also been doing important work in our committees to cut red tape, advance pro-growth policies that will create jobs and provide essential oversight of government programs so we can improve them. This has been particularly true […]

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Don’t Put It Off

Now for some, the picture I just painted may look like a lazy, disgruntled college student finally starting his homework during the 11th hour, but I assure you, nothing could be further from the truth. Before uploading my literature homework at 11:58 p.m., one minute before the deadline, I had spent the previous three hours […]

Closing the Gap

There’s precious little bipartisanship left in Washington. But in a nation that too often gives little more than lip service to those who have given us the full measure of service, a House bill unveiled Thursday is an across-the-aisle no-brainer. In the aftermath of 9/11, legislation was passed in 2008 that provided veterans full scholarships […]

What GI Bill Needs to Do

Swords to Plowshares recently conducted focus groups with 75 veterans at four San Francisco Bay Area universities to assess resource needs and supportive practices for veterans. Their experiences and insights inform our policy recommendations for the GI Bill. Many student veterans struggle financially despite the assistance of their educational benefits. Others are ineligible for the […]

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