Military Friendly Schools List Released

In Post-9/11 GI Bill era, list offers veterans guidance on which schools are
doing the most to embrace them as students.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- G.I. Jobs announces the release of its
2010 list of Military Friendly Schools. 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. The common bond is their shared priority
of recruiting students with military experience.

Colleges have long coveted veterans in the classroom. Dr. Dorothy Bassett,
dean of Duquesne University's School of Leadership and Professional
Advancement, a Military Friendly School, points out some of those reasons.
"Military students bring a high degree of maturity, life experiences,
diversity, leadership and worldliness to the classroom. Other students and
faculty benefit from the different perspectives that service members and
veterans bring."

The tens of billions of dollars in tuition money, now available with the
recent passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, has intensified an already strong
desire by colleges to court veterans into their classrooms.

"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. So schools are clamoring
for them like never before. Veterans need a trusted friend to help them
decide where to get educated. The Military Friendly Schools list is that
trusted friend."

Higher education's accelerated efforts to cater to student veterans are
interestingly illustrated by San Diego State University's recent conversion of
a fraternity house into one exclusively for veterans.

"We wanted to provide an opportunity for veterans to integrate more into
campus life," said Dr. James Kitchen, San Diego State's vice president for
student affairs. "This veteran house is a unique opportunity for student
veterans and the other students living on campus to get to know each other on
a level that isn't afforded in the normal academic environment."

Schools on the Military Friendly Schools 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. Methodology,
criteria and weighting for the list were developed with the assistance of an
Academic Advisory Committee (AAC) consisting of educators and administrators
from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Toledo, Duquesne
University, Coastline Community College and Lincoln Technical Institute.

A full story and detailed list of Military Friendly Schools will be
highlighted in the annual Guide to Military Friendly Schools and on a poster,
both of which will be distributed to hundreds of thousands of active and
former military personnel in September. A new Web site, found at
www.militaryfriendlyschools.com, will launch in September with interactive
tools and search functionality to assist military veterans in choosing schools
that best meet their educational needs.

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.

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."

The 2010 Military-Friendly School List can be found at
www.militaryfriendlyschools.com/mfspr

SOURCE G.I. Jobs

Matthew Pavelek of G.I. Jobs, +1-412-269-1663 ext. 145,
matthew.pavelek@gijobs.com