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Veterans Look to Ease Transition to Civilian Life

Tucked away in the Military & Veterans Success Center in The Terrace, a year-long, nationwide program launched Thursday. The program looks to gather feedback on the transition from military to civilian life on behalf of Rep. Gus Bilirakis, vice-chairman of the Veteran Affairs Committee. “It comes from a personal place for me, wanting to solve […]

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R.O.T.C. Mission: To Make Better Citizens

Patricia Schipp celebrated her 18th birthday in a Navy boot camp in Orlando, Fla. Schipp, a naval science instructor for Santa Fe High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, ties her own sense of patriotism to her 22 years of military service. “I’m just appreciative of my country,” she said. “I love where I […]

D.O.E., V.A. Team Up to Simplify Loan Discharge for Disabled

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Education (Department) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make it easier for America’s disabled veterans to have their federal student loans discharged. “Our nation’s veterans have sacrificed much for our country. It is important that, in return, we do all we can to […]

Service Branches Trying to Recruit More Women

CAPITOL HILL — Lawmakers Friday morning challenged the military personnel chiefs to redouble their efforts recruiting and retaining female service-members because not doing so means potentially missing out on selecting the best from half the nation’s talent pool. The personnel chiefs from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps appeared at a House Armed […]

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Coursera Mastertracks Offer Gateway to Advanced Degrees

EdX has its “MicroMasters” program. Now Coursera has introduced the “MasterTrack.” The massive open online course provider recently announced that it will pilot three MasterTrack certificate programs in coming months: one at the University of Michigan and two others at the University of Illinois. The news came during Coursera’s partners conference, hosted at Arizona State […]

Udacity Dives Deep for Artificial Intelligence

MOOC provider turned for-profit educational provider Udacity has launched a new “School of Artificial Intelligence,” which features four “nanodegrees” covering AI and machine learning. Each program has tuition and a set period in which to participate and complete the lessons. The courses consist of video lectures, personalized project reviews and a dedicated mentor. Those who […]

Gallup: W.G.U. Delivers Better Experience, Outcomes

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Gallup has released the results of a new study that compares the satisfaction and overall well-being of Western Governors University (WGU) graduates with graduates from other institutions in the U.S. According to the study, WGU graduates are reporting significantly higher levels of overall well-being and career success than the […]

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Champlain Offers Discounts to Boost Online Enrollment

Champlain College will slash tuition by half for online undergraduate degrees and certifications in an effort to boost digital enrollment. Starting this fall, the cost for online learning will be $318 per credit, college president Donald Laackman announced at a press conference Tuesday. Many adults have the ambition to earn a post-secondary degree, Laackman said, […]

After Marine Corps Career, Veteran Offers Life of Service

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Col. Royal P. Mortenson served around the world during a 30-year career as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps. As commander of an infantry battalion of more than 900 Marines, he led the battalion in combat operations in Iraq in 2003. His battalion took significant casualties during the battle of Al […]

Career Step Partners with Staffing Service to Expand Job Opportunities

Career Step, an online provider of career-focused education and professional training, has partnered with RCM Health Care Services, a premier provider of staffing solutions for healthcare institutions across the nation. RCM intends to employ graduates of Career Step’s educational programs, specifically those trained for careers related to health information management. “We are thrilled for the […]

Love of Aircraft Led to Top Secret Satellite Mission

Each year, Hal Behnke gets to share stories and reunite with a group of guys who had the challenging task of retrieving (while in midair) film canisters, about the size of a garbage can, that had been ejected from some of the earliest spy satellites. He belonged to a top secret Air Force unit in […]

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U.S. Military Suspends Parachute Training after Fall in Tokyo

Local authorities lodged a protest Wednesday with the central government and the U.S. military after a U.S. Air Force member’s parachute fell onto the grounds of a school near Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo the day before. “It could have been a life-threatening incident” and was extremely regrettable, Shin Namiki, mayor of the city […]

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