Submitted by Bates Technical College
Bates Technical College has earned a “Military Friendly School” designation in the 2015 Victory Media Military Friendly® Schools List. The annual list honors the top 15 percent of higher education institutions with services, programs and more that are designed to help ensure the success of America’s service members, veterans and spouses as students.
Bates has an active student veteran club, whose members helped open Student Veteran Centers at the Downtown and South Campuses last year. In addition to offering valuable resources and assistance, the center serves as a gathering space for veterans, military members, spouses and their dependents.
College President Dr. Ron Langrell said these steps help reinforce our commitment and dedication to the hundreds of veteran students who choose Bates as their educational partner after serving in the military. “As a community-based technical college with a major military base as partners, we make it a priority to help our veterans become job-ready and build on the skills and abilities acquired during their military service.”
Now in its sixth year, the Military Friendly® Schools designation and list by Victory Media is the premier, trusted resource for post-military success. Military Friendly® provides service members transparent, data-driven ratings about post-military education and career opportunities. The methodology used for making the Military Friendly® Schools list has changed the student veteran landscape to one much more transparent, and has played a significant role over the past six years in capturing and advancing best practices to support military students across the country.
The survey captures more than 50 leading practices that support military students and is available free of charge to the more than 8,000 schools approved for Post-9/11 GI Bill funding. As in past years, the 2015 Military Friendly® Schools results were independently tested by Ernst & Young LLP based upon the weightings and methodology developed by Victory Media with input by its independent Academic Advisory Board.
For more information about Bates’ military or veterans’ benefits, please visit www.bates.ctc.edu/Veterans.
