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U.S. News Ranks 2021 Best Online Programs Josh Moody In a year marked by a deadly pandemic, much of life in 2020 was spent on the internet. Thats especially true of education, with colleges scrambling to shift learning online as the coronavirus disrupted daily operations. Online learning offered students continuity, a chance to finish the semester wherever they were as colleges closed dorms and emptied campuses. Such disruptions, however, were likely limited for online programs...

Villanova University Receives $10 Million Gift from Martin G. McGuinn, Esq., ’64, ’67 to Advance Faculty Research and Support Student Veterans In recognition of McGuinn’s lifetime giving, a new residence hall in The Commons on Lancaster Avenue will be named McGuinn Hall   VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, today announced a $10 million gift from Martin G. McGuinn, Esq., ’64 CLAS, ’67 JD—retired chairman and CEO of Mellon Financia...

Oregon Tech Student Services Distribute Holiday Care Packages to Military-affiliated Students All Locations January 14, 2021 While many different groups face challenges from the pandemic, at Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) among those impacted are active military and veteran students, who experience unavoidable federal delays in receiving financial support and disability aid, and struggles with housing benefits that lapse during the holiday break. Beginning in December, Ore...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed The Yellow Ribbon for Overseas Education Act — a bill introduced by Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton, Va.-10, allowing veteran students to receive Yellow Ribbon Program benefits at overseas colleges and universities. The bill was passed as a component of the bipartisan Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, a major veterans benefit package. The act passed the Senate last week and is ex...