More Schools Offer Vets Tuition Discount

Week of August 04, 2008

Lynchburg College announced a program that would allow eligible veterans to attend the school tuition-free -- Randolph College is in the process of developing a similar plan. Liberty University -- which already enrolls about 2,500 veterans (mostly in distance learning) who use GI Bill funding -- is also considering program changes. Starting fall of 2009, 1.5 million veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan can receive federal funding for a designated amount of tuition at approved public and private colleges. The GI Bill will pay up to 100 percent of the highest-priced, in-state tuition rate, Garren said. A second batch of federal funds comes from the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program, which matches any additional discounts the school provides. Learn more.

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