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Provides comprehensive, instructor-led eLearning and certifications in IT and Cisco network to recovering wounded warriors. Created to provide training and career opportunities when traditional classroom training is not feasible.
Free handbook for active military personnel covers everything you need to know about: the GI Bill, tuition assistance, scholarships, veteran benefits, student aid, selecting the right degree for you and more. Click here to order a copy.
Supports colleges, universities and other higher education and adult learner organizations in their efforts to serve students and society. ACE's four areas of focus include access, success, equity and diversity, institutional effectiveness, lifelong learning and internationalization.
Search for education and job training programs (higher learning, non-college degree, on-the-job training and apprenticeship, correspondence and flight), license and certification programs and many types of national exams.
Offers resources and information on colleges and universities, training certification courses, apprenticeships and Job Corps Centers.
Tips from the Better Business Bureau to help with consideration of a career training school (also known as a vocational, trade or technical school).
Information on educational opportunities for service members, DoD personnel and family members. Includes certification programs, counselor support, distance learning, tuition assistance and more.
Explains disability in this context, who provides documentation, what documentation should include and who has access to the information.
Locate regional, state and local training and education opportunities that match a chosen occupation.
Information from Military.com on educational opportunities available for service members, veterans and family.
Information on VA health care, disability compensation, education and training, home loan guaranty, financial assistance, life insurance and more. Document is in .pdf format.
Coordinated by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the DoD, the WRP provides summer federal internships for college students with disabilities from more than 220 colleges and universities across the nation.
Four college students talk about the difficulty of adjusting from life at war to life at school.
Overview of benefits, rights and resources available to service members and their families to help with financial, medical, educational, employment and other needs.
Toll-free call center (1-888-774-1361) offers personalized assistance with military and government services related to recovery and rehabilitation. Assistance includes medical care, education, training, job placement, personal mobility, housing, transportation and workplace accommodations, counseling, financial resources and more.
Provides fact sheets on pay, education, family services, health care and life insurance, social security, transitioning, retirement and VA benefits for wounded warriors.
On top of the federal benefits programs available to all Guard members across the nation. Many states and territories offer additional incentives. Find your state's educational benefits.
Information on education and employment rights, benefits and services available to military families. Includes information about employment for spouses and children's education.
Over 1,500 online courses offered by the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes that can earn credit toward a college degree, continuing education units or business certifications.
Enables caregivers and military spouses to find job placement, participate in training and educational programs that readily fit around medical schedules, deployment, disabilities, future rehabilitation and transitioning in the military family.
Colleges and universities that help service members and their families get college degrees by allowing for easy transfer of credits. Document is in .pdf format.
If you are a wounded warrior, you may wonder whether it will be difficult for you to go back to school and what accommodations might be available. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities by covered entities, including most colleges and universities. Many wounded warriors are people with disabilities protected by these laws.
Contact information for state higher education agencies, which provide information on education programs, colleges and universities, financial aid assistance programs, grants, scholarships, continuing education programs and career opportunities.
Education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of certain veterans. May be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeship and on-the-job training.
