Yellow Ribbon Program Invests in Veterans’ Education
Continuing the legacy of the GI Bill
Veterans who want to pursue a higher education now have an easier time financing it thanks to GW’s participation in the Post-9/11 GI Bill’s Yellow Ribbon Program. Undergraduate veterans who qualify for the program attend GW for free, while graduate students receive a significant discount. The program will be available to as many as 360 veteran students next year, a number that is expected to cover all qualified veterans who attend GW.
At a ceremony to announce the program, GW President Steven Knapp was joined by Tammy Duckworth, M.A. ’92, assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), former Sen. John Warner and Brian Hawthorne, a GW student veteran and representative of the Student Veterans of America.
“We know that the next generation of veterans at GW will make our campus—and our nation—stronger than ever,” Dr. Knapp said. “With this investment in future leaders of our nation, we are honoring our veterans, and we are proud to stand with them and their families.”
Under the plan, GW pays 50 percent of remaining tuition and fee costs for undergraduates after base GI Bill benefits are applied. That is an investment of approximately $18,000 per year per veteran. The VA contributes the remaining 50 percent of tuition and fees. For graduate programs, GW pays up to $3,800 per year per veteran and the VA matches this amount. The average Yellow Ribbon-qualified graduate veteran attends GW programs at a 55 percent discount. All GW graduate programs are participating. Overall, GW estimates its investment at approximately $2.5 million for the next academic year.
Related link: http://colonialcentral.gwu.edu/Registrar/VeteranServices/
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