http://discoveronlinelearning.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:01:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:37:12 +0000 tlavelle http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=465 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/19/the-national-association-of-veterans-upward-bound-project/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/19/the-national-association-of-veterans-upward-bound-project/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:52:35 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=456 National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel website. The National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel (NAVUBPP) is the professional association for Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) staff personnel. Veterans Upward Bound projects, supported by NAVUBPP, are designed to help develop the personal potential of military veterans. The VUB staff and instructors assist veterans by improving, developing upon, and extending the educational access of opportunities that veterans are eligible for. This is determined through academic needs assessment, instruction, enrichment, and other academic support activities.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/19/the-national-association-of-veterans-upward-bound-project/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/18/guide-to-military-friendly-colleges-and-universities/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/18/guide-to-military-friendly-colleges-and-universities/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:38:49 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=452 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/18/guide-to-military-friendly-colleges-and-universities/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:01:22 +0000 bgolshahi http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=442 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/montgomery-gi-bills-benefits http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/montgomery-gi-bills-benefits#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:18:04 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=591 It's that time again: another semester approaches! While many online education programs are not semester based, schools that operate with both campus and online programs often keep them separated semester-by-semester, so this could potentially be a monumental time for the distance learner. The Online Education Blog recently received a question on our Post 9/11 GI Bill post regarding the Montgomery GI Bill that may apply to many students as we transition from fall to spring semester. The question: "My husband is currently using his Montgomery GI benefits. At the end of this semester he will have 12 days of eligibility remaining. He spoke with the VA, and was told that those 12 days will cover his entire spring semester, meaning that he will receive $1300/month for January – May, even though he only has 12 days of eligibility. Can anyone confirm this to be true? I can’t imagine he would continue to receive it if he only has 12 days of eligibility for the semester."]]> http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/montgomery-gi-bills-benefits/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:00 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=373 Post 9/11 GI Bill? The best first step--and one you're probably following if you're here--is trying to keep up with the latest Post 9/11 GI Bill news from November forward. By staying up-to-date, you're sure to remain informed on how your veterans educational benefits are working for you in Spring 2010. Veterans Benefits GI Bill has followed the VA website changes, emergency funds, and other last-minute fixes to the new GI Bill conundrum for the past several months. Some of the news, unfortunately, has been bad news--like banks turning military members with emergency checks away, or at best, telling them to delay--but then there's also the promise if a better semester coming this Spring thanks to the automated system being built for the VA's website. No more applications-in-the-slush-pile, waiting to be done by hand!]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/feed/ 0 http://blog.degreesinbusiness.org/2009/11/20/military-members-study-online/ http://blog.degreesinbusiness.org/2009/11/20/military-members-study-online/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:39:14 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://blog.degreesinbusiness.org/?p=294 Active duty and reserve members commonly rely on online education to pursue their higher education goals. With deployment into an international environment an everyday reality or an impending future, online degree programs enable military students to work towards a Bachelor Degree or Master Degree program without the fear of abruptly interrupting their education. What better place to pursue an online education than a reputable, military-friendly school like Hawai'i Pacific University or Saint Leo University? These military-friendly schools have programs specifically tailored for military students and additional military-friendly services, such as: the ability to transfer a certain amount of experience into academic units; financial aid representatives that can aid in the confusing Post 9/11 GI Bill process; and classes held on military bases for students looking for a hybrid learning (online and campus-based) experience.]]> http://blog.degreesinbusiness.org/2009/11/20/military-members-study-online/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:46 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=348 [/caption] Dr. Pat from the blog Veterans on Campus mentioned back in May '09 that the Wisconsin GI Bill--a state-funded military financial aid program in WI--would force students to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The WI GI Bill grants a tuition waiver, but the student must provide documentation that he or she applied for the Post 9/11 GI Bill in order to qualify; if they were accepted, they must switch from Chapter 1606/MGIB to Chapter 30, and if they were declined, they may continue using Chapter 1606/MGIB. This throws a monkey wrench into the issue of whether the MGIB or the Post 9/11 GI Bill is more beneficial for Wisconsin college students. The effect was only proposed back when Dr. Pat blogged about it in May, but has officially been approved to go into effect in Spring 2010. Wisconsin military students will now have to decide whether to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill or not based on different factors:

1. Whether or not they receive more money from the Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 30) and the tuition waver from the WI GI Bill, or
2. They receive more funds from the Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 1606)

]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:15:53 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=341 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:02:11 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=334 Due to the backlog of Post 9/11 GI Bill applications, many veterans, reserve, and active duty have thus far been unable to receive the financial aid they need for this fall semester. The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has responded to this by posting how many financial benefits have been distributed on a continual basis--the last update, October 8, 2009, with 2,651 Post 9/11 GI Bill applications processed and 3,461 other government financial aid programs processed. This does not even begin to squelch the staggering 75,000 applicants for the Post 9/11 GI Bill, which raises up the question: what about the other 72,000+ military students? The answer was emergency funds, which would grant each of these individuals $3,000 in temporary financial aid benefits that would later be deducted from the total financial aid received by the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Combine this with several understanding colleges that are not dropping students because of overdue tuition bills, and you have a sustainable amount of money to hopefully cover textbooks and living expenses until all Post 9/11 GI Bill applications are taken care of. Housing funds is a whole other monster to conquer entirely.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/feed/ 0