Veterans Administration Approves Ashworth College Career Courses for Military Education Benefits

Sept. 5, 2012 - PRLog -- PEACHTREE CORNERS, Georgia – The United States Veterans Administration recently approved Ashworth College’s (http://www.ashworthcollege.edu) 62 career diploma programs as eligible for military education benefits covered under the Post-911 G.I. Bill and Montgmery G.I. Bill. This is in addition to its certificate and online degree programs previously approved and made available to servicemembers, military spouses and military veterans.

"Having our career courses classified by the Veteran’s Administration as eligible for military benefits is a proud distinction for Ashworth,” said Rodney Butler, U.S. Army First Sergeant, Retired and Ashworth College Military Education Coordinator. “To stand up to the demands of military life, it has always been Ashworth’s mission to develop programs of the highest quality and that are accredited, affordable and flexible.”

Ashworth offers a number of career diploma courses with specific appeal to those with a military affiliation, including a suite of business and technology courses, gunsmithing, early childhood education, and most recently, its three new certification courses – medical office assistant, medical billing and claims, and pharmacy technician.

Ashworth is a Yellow Ribbon school, a S.O.C. Institutional member, accepts A.C.E. credits, and is approved for GI/VA education benefits, DANTES, MyCAA and GoArmyEd. Its team of dedicated Military Education Advisors offer personal, one-on-one assistance from completing applications, to maximizing education benefits and transfer credits through graduation.

Additionally, Ashworth is consistently listed as a military-friendly institution by G.I. Jobs and Military Advanced Education, is a corporate sponsor of The Fort Benning Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, and its sister school, James Madison High School, was elevated to Tier I status by U.S. Department of Defense earlier this year.

About Ashworth College

Celebrating 25 years of Educating Minds and Changing Lives, leading online school Ashworth College has built a tradition of excellence by offering students worldwide an extensive range of online college degrees, online certificate programs, career training and online high school diploma options that are affordable and fit the busy schedules of working adults. Ashworth supports military education and offers specialized programs for military education, corporate partners and homeschoolers.

Headquartered in Peachtree Corners, GA, Ashworth is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission of the DETC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. Ashworth is parent to James Madison High School which is accredited regionally by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), an accreditation division of AdvancED and further provides career training and vocational programs in the fields of health, business, technology, education, and skilled trades through sister schools PCDI Canada, New York Institute of Photography and Sheffield School.