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Op-Ed: Regulators’ Disdain for Alternative Higher Education Options Hurts Veterans
Military members’ and veterans’ education benefits are not grants from the federal government; they are earned benefit payments in exchange for services rendered, National Defense Committee executive director Bob Carey writes in the Odgen Standard-Examiner. But the U.S. Department of…
Veterans Unwelcome at Some “Elite” Four-Year Colleges
Compliant members of Congress and government officials, upon whom traditional four-year universities lavish millions in political campaign contributions and lobbying support, seem only too willing to perpetuate a false narrative against career colleges. The problem is the traditional liberal arts…
Harmful Education Regulations Don’t Help Address the Military Recruiting Crisis
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…
Bob Carey in Stars & Stripes: 119th Congress Should Restore Veterans’ Education Rights
The Senate education committee held a confirmation hearing today for Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. Secretary of Education. Congress should move quickly to approve Ms. McMahon’s nomination so she can begin correcting the past four…
National Defense Committee Statement on Gainful Employment Deadline Extension by Education Department
The National Defense Committee released the following statement after the Department of Education announced an extension of the reporting deadline for its Gainful Employment and Financial Transparency regulations: “The Department of Education has finally demonstrated some common sense by delaying the reporting…
ICYMI: You Can Die for Your Country, But You Can’t Go to a Career College
In the Biden Administration’s effort to prop up failing conventional four-year colleges and universities, the Department of Education has put “mountains of red tape between veterans and their college choices,” Bob Carey wrote in RealClear Education last fall. Military service…
