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education: More costs covered means rise in attendance KRISTIN M. HALL; The Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom. Vets already in school have run into problems including campus bureaucracy, crowds that can trigger alarm instincts honed by war and students who don’t understand their war experiences. In response, colleges across the country are offering veterans-only classes, adding counselors and streamlining the application and financial aid process. Under the new GI Bill expanded by Congress last year, the number of military veterans either starting... [read full story]
about 800 students. In order to train the student on how to handle patients and how to associate with the public, the university provides clinical services for the graduates and the undergraduates. Normally private nursing...
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A jaguar prowling the lush jungles of Guyana has killed a gold and diamond miner as he went to fetch water from a creek. Jaguar attacks on humans are rare, say the Guyanan authorities The attack happened at dawn near the Marudi...
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