Colleges focus on veterans as GI Bill ups numbers

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and money for housing and books, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly a-half million. That's left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom. Veterans already in school have run into problems ranging from campus bureaucracy, to crowds that can trigger... [read full story]                    

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