Graduate Management Admission Council and Student Veterans of America...
The Graduate Management Admission Council and Student Veterans of America have entered a partnership to help both groups better provide student veterans the resources and support they need to succeed...
View ArticleSVA's Executive Director Testifies on GI Bill Delays
WASHINGTON, DC – On Feb. 14 the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing on “Increasing the Functionality of the Post 9/11 GI Bill Claims Processing to...
View ArticleMajority of Student Veterans Graduate
WASHINGTON, DC- Recent media outlets have reported that 88 percent of military veterans drop-out in their first year of college. However, the statistic cited has not been substantiated by outside...
View ArticleSVA Responds to Marine Corps Cutting Tutition Assistance
WASHINGTON, DC- Due to sequestration, the U.S. Marine Corps recently announced that they will no longer enroll Marines in the Tuition Assistance (TA) program, a benefit that provides servicemembers...
View ArticleArmy’s Tuition Assistance Program is Next Casualty of Sequestration
WASHINGTON, DC - Sequestration has forced the U.S. Army to suspend all new requests for Tuition Assistance (TA) effective at 5:00 pm today. The decision comes just days after the U.S. Marine Corps also...
View ArticleSVA to Re-Launch National Veterans Center as "America's Laboratory" for...
WASHINGTON, DC – The HSC Foundation awarded Student Veterans of America a grant to assume the management and operation of the National Veterans Center (NVC) in January 2013. SVA is hosting a reception...
View ArticleAir Force and Coast Guard Cut Tuition Assistance
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard have joined the Army and Marine Corps in suspending the Tuition Assistance program, as reported in the Associated Press. Student Veterans of...
View ArticleSVA Reaffirms Support of Secretary Shinseki
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, is the target of an upcoming Time Magazine article titled, “Ten Years After: A National Disgrace,” scheduled to be...
View ArticleSVA Supports Legislation to Reinstate Tuition Assistance
WASHINGTON, DC –Student Veterans of America fully supports the reinstatement of military tuition assistance, including the amendment (S. Amdt. 72) attached to the Defense Continuing Resolution (H.R....
View ArticleSVA's Executive Director Testifies on In-State Tuition
WASHINGTON, DC - On Apr. 10 the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs' Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing on numerous pending and draft legislation related to in-state tuition rates for...
View ArticleVFW, SVA Launch New Initiative to Help Student Veterans
WASHINGTON, DC - Student Veterans of America and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. are partnering to offer a new program called "1 Student Veteran" to provide direct assistance to student...
View ArticleSVA Submits Testimony for Senate Hearing on In-State Tuition
WASHINGTON, DC - On May 15 the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing on numerous pending and draft legislation related to in-state tuition rates, academic success, and employment...
View ArticleSVA Supports Bill to Ease Servicemember Transition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Student Veterans of America supports the Troop Talent Act of 2013 sponsored by Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The bill will help ease the...
View ArticleSVA Celebrates the GI Bill's 69th Birthday
WASHINGTON, DC - On June 22, 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Serviceman's Readjustment Act, commonly known as the original GI Bill. This act not only transformed the lives of...
View ArticleSVA Commemorates Post-9/11 GI Bill's Anniversary
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Student Veterans of America’s executive director released the following statement celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of the Post-9/11 GI Bill:
View ArticleAir Force and Coast Guard Cut Tuition Assistance
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard have joined the Army and Marine Corps in suspending the Tuition Assistance program, as reported in the Associated Press. Student Veterans of...
View ArticleSVA Reaffirms Support of Secretary Shinseki
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, is the target of an upcoming Time Magazine article titled, “Ten Years After: A National Disgrace,” scheduled to be...
View ArticleSVA Supports Legislation to Reinstate Tuition Assistance
WASHINGTON, DC –Student Veterans of America fully supports the reinstatement of military tuition assistance, including the amendment (S. Amdt. 72) attached to the Defense Continuing Resolution (H.R....
View ArticleSVA Supports Bill to Ease Servicemember Transition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Student Veterans of America supports the Troop Talent Act of 2013 sponsored by Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The bill will help ease the...
View ArticleSVA's Executive Director Testifies on In-State Tuition
WASHINGTON, DC - On Apr. 10 the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs' Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing on numerous pending and draft legislation related to in-state tuition rates for...
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