Persons who serve in the Active Duty Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard, as well as members of the Army and Air National Guard and the five service components of the selected Reserve, may earn entitlement to educational assistance benefits as a veteran or while on active duty or as a drilling Guard or Reservist.

Educational Assistance Benefits are available for Veterans, Active Duty Military, National Guard and Selected Reserve and, in some instances, spouse, surviving spouse, or child of the veteran who is totally disabled due to service connection or deceased as the result of service-connected disability. Individuals must qualify based upon conditions and benefits in effect at the time of entry into the services and kind of discharge insured upon separation.

North Carolina Veterans Scholarships are available to children of certain deceased or disabled veterans or of veterans who were listed as POW/MIA. Veteran must have been a legal resident of North Carolina at the time of entry into service, or child must have been born in North Carolina and resided there continuously.

Veterans Benefits Procedures

Veterans who enroll in the College for the first time and wish to receive benefits should consult the Veterans Affairs Coordinator in Building E. Veterans cannot receive benefits until they have completed all of the admission procedures of the College; therefore, it is advisable to submit an application as early as possible. The Veterans Administration requires about six to eight weeks to approve an application for benefits. Veterans need to supply appropriate information upon request, and failure to do so jeopardizes their receipt of benefits.

Veterans enrolling in approved courses must pursue the exact curriculum listed in the College catalog, provide the Veterans Administration with exact records of attendance, maintain satisfactory academic progress and exhibit satisfactory conduct for continuing eligibility of payments.

Standards of Progress

Veterans are not paid for auditing a course or for a course for which the grade assigned is not used in computing the requirements for graduation. Since "W", "NS", and "NC" grades are non-punitive, they are not acceptable as grades for certification of veterans. VA does not certify a veteran for independent study.

The student must maintain satisfactory academic progress as required by the College. If the student does not maintain satisfactory academic progress, the student is placed on academic probation. A veteran may receive VA benefits for only one (1) semester while on academic probation.