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		<title>Should you identify yourself as a vet on campus?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimesedge.com/blogs/notes/2011/03/should-you-identify-yourself-as-a-vet-on-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preparing for college? Give some thought to whether or not you will identify yourself as a veteran on campus. Self-identification can be formal &#8212; many schools now have a question on their admissions forms that allows veterans to disclose their status &#8212; or informal &#8212; telling your professors on the first day of class that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colleges shouldn&#8217;t count on VA to help vets with education goals</title>
		<link>http://militarytimesedge.com/blogs/notes/2011/02/colleges-should-count-on-va-to-help-vets-with-education-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Center for College Admission Counseling recently hosted a webinar on assisting veterans with the college admission process. The Chronicle of Higher Education covered the event in a blog entry by senior writer Eric Hoover. Two important points from the webinar, as highlighted by Hoover: * Veterans Affairs isn&#8217;t the personal savior of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top two pieces of military-to-civilian job advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[College graduation is just around the corner for the Class of 2011. And while employment prospects are looking up &#8212; employers taking part in a recent National Association of Colleges and Employers jobs survey anticipate hiring 13.5 percent more new graduates from the Class of 2011 than they did from the Class of 2010 &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal to bar students from community colleges could hurt vets with PTSD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A policy change supported by North Carolina&#8217;s State Board of Community Colleges could have far-reaching implications for combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder who apply to the state&#8217;s community college system. Recently, the board voted to amend a long-standing open-door admissions policy at North Carolina&#8217;s 58 community colleges. Pending approval by a state board that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For-profit controversy doesn&#8217;t change your responsibilities as a student</title>
		<link>http://militarytimesedge.com/blogs/notes/2011/01/for-profit-controversy-doesnt-change-your-responsibilities-as-a-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For-profit colleges long have been popular education choices for service members and veterans. Anyone reading the headlines lately knows that for-profits have been weathering a storm of criticism recently. One piece of that criticism, a recent report by the Education Trust that offers a scathing assessment of for-profits, is igniting controversy on all sides. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teamwork, work ethic, initiative: Vets have the skills employers want</title>
		<link>http://militarytimesedge.com/blogs/notes/2010/12/teamwork-work-ethic-initiative-vets-have-the-skills-employers-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s still a tight job market in a lackluster economy. But if you&#8217;ve left uniform and are about to embark on a civilian job search, you could have a leg up on the competition. According to a recent survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the top so-called &#8220;soft&#8221; skills that employers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to vet&#8217;s essay on killing is not surprising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Army veteran Charles Whittington enrolled as a student at the Community College of Baltimore County, he probably didn&#8217;t anticipate that his hardest lesson would be one learned outside the classroom. The 24-year-old former infantryman recently was barred from campus until he obtains a psychological evaluation after an essay he wrote for a college English [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four ways to improve GI Bill processing</title>
		<link>http://militarytimesedge.com/blogs/notes/2010/11/four-ways-to-improve-gi-bill-processing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Council on Education recently released a report that takes a close look at the experiences of student veterans and campus administrators during the first year of the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The report, Service Members in School: Military Veterans&#8217; Experiences Using the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Pursuing Postsecondary Education, was based on the results [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Student veterans less engaged than their peers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimesedge.com/blogs/notes/2010/11/study-student-veterans-less-engaged-than-their-peers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a whole, colleges and universities have made great strides in recent years to be more welcoming to student service members and veterans. But findings from the latest version of the National Survey of Student Engagement reveal there still is much work to be done to meet the needs of military students. Among the findings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embarrassing photos online? Schools and employers ARE watching</title>
		<link>http://militarytimesedge.com/blogs/notes/2010/10/embarrassing-photos-online-schools-and-employers-are-watching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend who is returning to the work force after taking six years off to stay at home with her two children. She is in her mid-30s, has a master&#8217;s degree and just landed a plum job as a teacher in a highly-sought-after school district. After a night of celebration over the weekend, [...]]]></description>
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