{"id":77,"date":"2019-11-06T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/?p=77"},"modified":"2019-11-15T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T20:21:05","slug":"best-for-vets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/article\/best-for-vets\/","title":{"rendered":"Best for Vets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Best for Vets<\/h1>\n<p><em>U.S. News and World Report <\/em>has named Maine Maritime Academy the best college in the Northeast for veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Methodology includes certification for the G.I. Bill; participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program or status as a public school that charges in-state tuition to all out-of-state veterans; enrolling a minimum of 20 veterans and active service members for at least three years (38 veterans currently attend MMA); and ranking in the top half of a ranking category (MMA is the #5 college in the Regional Colleges North category).<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <em>NEWS CENTER Maine<\/em>, MMA President William Brennan noted the shared pride in the recognition, but also that \u201cit\u2019s an acknowledgment of the great work that goes on here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/education\/maine-maritime-academy-ranked-best-school-for-veterans\/97-f9d6d553-1c5a-4c6f-abba-56949a664c56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best for Vets<\/p>\n<p><em>U.S. News and World Report <\/em>has named Maine Maritime Academy the best college in the Northeast for veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Methodology includes certification for the G.I. Bill; participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program or status as a public school that charges in-state tuition to all out-of-state veterans; enrolling a minimum of 20 veterans and active service members for at least three years (38 veterans currently attend MMA); and ranking in the top half of a ranking category (MMA is the #5 college in the Regional Colleges North category).<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <em>NEWS CENTER Maine<\/em>, MMA President William Brennan noted the shared pride in the recognition, but also that \u201cit\u2019s an acknowledgment of the great work that goes on here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/education\/maine-maritime-academy-ranked-best-school-for-veterans\/97-f9d6d553-1c5a-4c6f-abba-56949a664c56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/article\/best-for-vets\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-november-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}