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.
Colleges focus on veterans as GI Bill ups numbers
Friday, July 24, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
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