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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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U.S. Cracks Down on 'Pay to Play' for 'Military-Friendly' Colleges

Oct 25, 2017, 19:36 PM
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The Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with a Victory Media website whose "military-friendly" rankings of colleges and universities allegedly promoted institutions that paid to be included, reports Inside Higher Ed.

Victory Media runs several magazines and websites targeting military service members and their families and operates a tool and rankings to assist prospective students in finding a postsecondary program. But the FTC found that those tools functioned as paid advertisements for institutions.

Under the settlement, which is open to public comment for 30 days, Victory must disclose to readers that its rankings are paid endorsements. No penalty was included, but a violation could require a fine of $40,654, Inside Higher Ed reported.

The FTC will decide whether to finalize the settlement on November 20.

 

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https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/20/ftc-settlement-says-rankings-military-friendly-colleges-were-deceptive-promotions

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