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On Veterans Day, we honor the brave Americans who answered the call of duty and served in uniform. But it’s also a reminder of a difficult reality: Our military is experiencing a recruiting crisis. And our educational benefits policies are…
Carey to Neg-Reg Comm.: Don’t Limit Veterans’, Military Members’ Use of Earned Education Benefits
In public comment before the Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking committee on Program Integrity and Institutional Quality today, NDC executive director Bob Carey encouraged the committee to reject burdensome regulations that unfairly penalize career colleges and non-traditional universities. One of…
NDC Urges Congress to Confirm Linda McMahon, Outlines Veterans’ Education Policy Priorities
The Senate HELP Committee announced it will hold a confirmation hearing for Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Education, on Thursday, February 13. The National Defense Committee urges Congress to approve Ms. McMahon’s…
Students Are Fleeing Four-Year Colleges Amid Skyrocketing Costs, Reckless Spending, Subpar Value
The Department of Education has gone to great lengths to single out, penalize, and publicly smear career colleges, faith-based schools, and other innovative, non-traditional higher education options. These exertions are part of a bigger effort to prop up and maintain…
Department of Education Protects Traditional Higher Ed by Demanding Different Rules for Career Colleges
As students flee four-year colleges and with public confidence in higher education at historic lows, crusading activist bureaucrats seek to prop up and perpetuate traditional universities’ government-mandated market advantages by selectively limiting access to career colleges. As NDC noted in…
Military & Veteran Students Choose Higher Education Options that Work for Them
Military members and veterans aren’t typical college students. They are usually older than their classmates, often times have families, are looking to get the skills they need for their next jobs, and are also balancing the integration from military service…