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Pat Tillman's legacy: more help for military veterans in college

USA Today/Inside Higher Ed

March 12, 2010

Now partnered with eight universities across the country, the Pat Tillman Foundation's Tillman Military Scholars program offers funding to veterans who demonstrate a record of service to their communities and pledge to continue those activities. The program disbursed $642,000 to its inaugural class of 52 veterans and their families last year, and its ultimate goal is to provide $3.6 million annually - an amount equivalent to the lucrative Arizona Cardinals contract Tillman turned down to join the Army Rangers after Sept. 11, 2001.

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