MILITARY BENEFITS

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From military scholarships to military financial assistance, Pinnacle Career Institute is dedicated to helping our nation’s service members and their families gain a career-building education.

That’s why PCI welcomes active military members, veterans, spouses, and immediate family members to enroll. Our programs are eligible and approved for the use of your Military Educational Benefits, and our financial aid office works with veterans and their family members to help ensure they receive all the benefits they qualify for while attending PCI. For service members using Tuition Assistance, the PCI Tuition Assistance Military Scholarship provides up to $5,000 toward remaining direct program costs.

Military Credit Towards Career Education

PCI will consider skill-based courses taken while in the armed services for evaluation, including credit recommendations from the American Council on Education (ACE). To receive academic credit for military coursework and schools, the student must submit a copy of his/her military training documents to PCI. These should include the DD214 or DD295, appropriate personnel file papers, and training certificates. Military transcripts are forwarded to the Director of Education for evaluation, and credit is evaluated based on a review of each credit or examination successfully completed and the student’s chosen program of study.

Students using VA benefits who have prior credit from another school must provide a copy of their transcript or grades to PCI for evaluation of transfer credit. This is required before PCI can certify the enrollment for benefits.

Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding

Pinnacle Career Institute participates in the Department of Defense (DoD) Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the DoD Office and educational institutions. PCI has signed an MOU conveying the commitments and agreements between educational institutions and the DoD to allow funds to be received from a service’s Tuition Assistance (TA) program. Pinnacle Career Institute proudly participates in Federal military and veterans’ educational benefits programs, including benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI Bill®* and the Tuition Assistance Program. We join in the goal of the DoD’s Tuition Assistance program to provide our service members, veterans, spouses, and other family members the opportunity to pursue a high-quality education and gain the skills and training they need to fill the jobs of tomorrow.

PCI follows the Principles of Excellence for Education Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members. These include:

• Providing meaningful information to service members, veterans, spouses, and other family members about the financial cost and quality to assist those prospective students in making choices about how to use their Federal educational benefits. This includes:
  • A clear understanding of the total cost of the program, including tuition and fees
  • The amount of that cost that will be covered by Federal educational benefits
  • The type and amount of financial aid they may qualify for
  • Their estimated student loan debt upon graduation
  • Information about student outcomes
• Not using abusive and deceptive recruiting practices that target the recipients of Federal military and veterans’ educational benefits
• Ensuring that high-quality academic and student support services are provided to active-duty service members, reservists, members of the National Guard, veterans, and military families
• Allowing service members and reservists to be readmitted to a program if they are temporarily unable to attend class or have to suspend the student due to service requirements, and taking additional steps to accommodate short absences due to service obligations, provided that satisfactory academic progress is being made prior to suspending their students
• Agreeing to an institutional refund policy that is aligned with the refund of unearned student aid rules applicable to Federal student aid provided through the Department of Education and implementing the Return to Title IV requirements
• Providing educational plans that detail how students will fulfill all requirements necessary to graduate and the expected timeline of completion
• Providing a point of contact for academic and financial advising (including access to disability services) to assist service member and veteran students and their families with the successful completion of their program and with their job search
• Requiring applicants using Military Tuition Assistance to meet with their Educational Services Officer (ESO) prior to enrolling to get specific branch approval

Pinnacle Career Institute recognizes and appreciates the service of our military men and women. Whether you served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, PCI is here to help you accomplish your next mission through career-focused education.

For more information or to see if you qualify for the PCI Tuition Assistance Military Scholarship, see our catalog or contact an admissions representative today.

Your Future Starts Now!

Don’t wait for your brighter future. PCI has been educating students in the Kansas City area since 1953. Learn more about the scholarships and benefits available to veterans and service personnel, and about MyCAA for military spouses, to get the training you need to get your career up and running. Get the education you need for a better tomorrow from a school that works as hard for your success as you do.

*GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)