Much like Cal, the University of Arizona offers veterans help in transitioning from deployment back to college. The university recently established VETS (Veterans Education and Transition Services) which organizes all the previous programs aimed at helping veterans under one program. Student veterans will operate a newly created veteran's office. The university also offers a class for returning veterans. These resources are meant to help veterans reassimilate to college life and learn about, and utilize, educational benefits that are available to them through the government, such as the revised GI bill which offers tuition money (paid in advance at the beginning of the semester rather than doled out in small increments throughout the year) to veterans who served after Sept. 11, 2001. Universities around the nation expect this revision in the GI bill to increase college enrollment among veterans. Read More
Around the Nation:
UA expects influx of veterans
Four national universities offer training to vets
Veterans write about experiences in workshop at Colorado University
Oklahoma universities prepare for more veterans
Georgetown hosts panel to discuss veteran's issues in higher education
McCain and Obama on the revision.
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