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Despite family and work commitments, student veterans outpace classmates

Despite family and work commitments, student veterans outpace classmates

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Despite often having to juggle schoolwork with jobs and families, veterans attending college under the Post-9/11 GI Bill are finishing at rates slightly higher than their classmates, a new report shows. The report says 53.6 percent of veterans using GI Bill benefits who arrived on campus in the fall of 2009 had graduated within six […] Source: Despite family and work commitments, student veterans outpace classmates – The Hechinger Report

A New Cost at College: Digital Access Codes

A New Cost at College: Digital Access Codes

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Textbook-linked online resources are so convenient for instructors, and many classes require students to purchase semester- or year-long individual access to these sites for quizzes, reading exercises, and activities. This article from The New York Times reviews the downside to this convenience: increased costs for students, who could otherwise purchase or borrow a used textbook.