August 4, 2006

States Expand Tuition Benefits for Veterans

By ANNE K. WALTERS

Colleges are often stuck with the bills as lawmakers pass politically popular legislation without additional funds

Michael J. McGrew spent his childhood only 20 miles from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, but a degree from the flagship institution seemed far out of reach for him in high school: He routinely skipped school, ignored his homework, and ended up graduating near the bottom of his class.

Mr. McGrew joined the Navy, and over the next 11 years he served on

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