Iowa’s Department of Education last week dropped its opposition to a request by Ashford University for more time to resolve a challenge to the for-profit university’s eligibility to receive students’ Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, according to an email the company distributed to employees on Thursday.
The university enrolls roughly 6,250 military and veteran students. In May the Iowa agency ruled that Ashford would need to register in California, where the for-profit is now based, to continue its GI Bill eligibility. Ashford sued to block the move, citing its continuing presence in Iowa. The company also released emails from an Iowa official, which it secured as part of a lawsuit, in which the official said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and two California agencies had improperly meddled in Iowa’s decision to terminate Ashford’s eligibility.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/09/09/win-ashford-fight-over-gi-bill-eligibility
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