Student Veterans of America (SVA) is a coalition of student veteran’s organizations on college campuses across the United States, and is one of the most rapidly growing grassroots veteran’s organizations in the United States today.  Since founding in January of 2008, SVA has grown to over 120 chapters in 36 states and the District of […]

The economy was bad and the President knew it.  World War II was sending home soldiers who would be looking for non-existent jobs.  These were young men and they would be draining the poor economy while they were job-hunting.
 
Opportunities for education and home ownership were virtually non-existent at this time.  The key benefits of this […]

It is well documented that most veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom who want to pursue a higher education will have a difficult if not nearly impossible challenge paying for all the costs associated with going to college.  The current GI Bill falls far short of providing the necessary funds […]

Thursday, in an unprecedented show of bipartisan support, the Senate passed the 21st Century GI Bill with a vote of 75-22.  The new GI bill was riding such a big wave of momentum that several Senators changed their vote from No to Aye at the last minute.  The Senate vote of approval follows last weeks […]

When President Franklin D Roosevelt signed the GI Bill in 1944 it provided a means for the 16 million veterans to afford a college education by paying for tuition, fees, books and even providing a living stipend while they were in school.  The “Servicemen’s Readjustment Act,” as it was also known, has been credited by […]