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Veterans & Service Members

AACRAO recognizes and honors the sacrifices these men and women have made and its members are proud to assist them and meet their educational needs. Veterans and students on active military duty and their families face special circumstances and challenges.

Changes in federal statute and executive actions have greatly promoted the expansion of services toward veterans and their families. Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was passed in 2009, close to 1 million veterans, service members, and eligible dependents have taken advantage of the educational benefits available to them. With the passage of more recent legislation, such as the Forever GI Bill in 2017 and the Isakson Roe and THRIVE Acts in 2021, there will be significant changes to military education benefits over the coming years.

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AACRAO recently hosted a webinar to discuss the implementation of veteran legislation passed in December 2020, also known as the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act. This law will have a transformative effect on the mission of Education Service to provide ready access to, and timely and accurate delivery of, education benefits to Veterans, Service members, and their families, as well as further enable the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to empower GI Bill beneficiaries to achieve their vocational and career goals.

Other recent legislation introduced in both the House and Senate include important provisions to help ensure veterans can continue to receive their education benefits as well as technical corrections to the legislation passed last year.

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Google to Fund New Research to Improve Veterans' Higher Education

Nov 14, 2013, 20:08 PM
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Summary : Internet giant provides $3.2 million to assess student veterans' academic performance and determine what kinds of campus-based programs were most effective in helping them.
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On Wednesday, internet giant Google announced $3.2 million in grants to four organizations to support data analysis of U.S. veterans' higher education.

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Student Veterans of America, Posse Foundation and Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct research to assess student veterans' academic performance and determine what kinds of campus-based programs were most effective in helping them. The combined research, some of which is already under way, will include a national analysis of graduation and retention rates, along with a qualitative look at support services and policies for student veterans.

The resulting report will be made public, Google officials said, and the company will fund the expansion of programs that are found to be the most effective.

 

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Google Press Release

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/global-impact-award-to-improve-veterans.html

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