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2010 Military-Friendly Schools

Since first offering a handful of courses at Naval Station Newport in the late 1970’s, Roger Williams University (RWU) has been one of the primary institutions to which enlisted military and education officers in the New England region and beyond have turned. RWU’s commitment manifests itself in a myriad of ways. The University waives the application fee for military personnel and veterans. It conducts credit assessments free of charge. And the University even modified the military tuition rate to equalize it with the funds made available through Armed Forces education benefits.

“It’s personal attention,” says John Stout, Dean of RWU’s School of Continuing Education. “What the military asks in terms of special considerations is essentially just an extension of what we do for all our students. I think we were student-friendly long before we were military-friendly.”

The list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools which are doing the most to embrace America`s veterans as students. Schools on the list range from state universities and private colleges to community colleges and trade schools. “This list is especially important now because the recently enacted Post-9/11 GI Bill has given veterans virtually unlimited financial means to go to school,” said Rich McCormack, G.I. Jobs publisher. “Veterans can now enroll in any school, provided they`re academically qualified.”

Criteria for making the Military Friendly Schools list included efforts to recruit and retain military and veteran students, results in recruiting military and veteran students and academic accreditations. Schools on the list also offer additional benefits to student veterans such as on-campus veterans programs, credit for service, military spouse programs and more. The list was compiled through exhaustive research starting last May during which G.I. Jobs polled more than 7,000 schools nationwide. See the comprehensive list.

About G.I. Jobs: G.I. Jobs (www.gijobs.com) is published by Victory Media, a veteran-owned business headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa. The company also publishes The Guide to Military Friendly Schools, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur magazines and annually rates the nation’s “Military Friendly Employers,” “Military Spouse Friendly Employers” and “Best Corporations for Veteran-Owned Businesses.”

About Roger Williams University: Roger Williams University is a leading independent, coeducational liberal arts university at which students live and learn to be global citizens. With 40 academic programs and an array of co-curricular activities on its Bristol, R.I., campus, RWU is committed to its mantra of learning to bridge the world. Under the leadership of President Roy J. Nirschel, Ph.D., the University has achieved unprecedented academic and financial successes. In 2009, U.S. News & World Report named RWU the seventh-ranked baccalaureate college in the north.