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4 Indicted in Theft of $125K Meant for Wounded Warriors

NEW ALBANY, Ind. Four southern Indiana residents are accused of pocketing more than $125,000 through fundraisers touted as benefiting veterans and their families. All four were indicted on fraud charges alleging that they solicited funds from individuals and businesses in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. They allegedly pocketed more than $125,000 in cash, gift cards, merchandise […]

Academy Will Hire Firm to Review Athletics

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Air Force Academy’s athletic director says the school will hire an outside firm to review its sports teams and practices after recent suspensions and investigations into its swimming and lacrosse programs. Athletic Director Jim Knowlton told The Gazette of Colorado Springs that those misconduct investigations have prompted the school to […]

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‘Homer Can Help You’: Veterans Use Ancient Epics to Cope

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The trials of Odysseus are really not that different from the struggles of those learning to readjust after wars of today, modern veterans are finding. A small group of military veterans has been meeting weekly in a classroom at the University of Vermont to discuss “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” for college […]

Veteran Service Fund Approved by Michigan House

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s first county veteran fund was approved by lawmakers in the state House on Wednesday. They voted 107-1 to create the County Veteran Service Fund, which would deploy veteran service officers to each county to assist veterans in adjusting to civilian life. Each county’s grant consists of a base $25,000 amount and […]

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DOE Offering Defrauded Students Partial Loan Forgiveness

WASHINGTON — The Department of Education has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools, The Associated Press has learned. The action is part of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ push to ease regulations […]

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AP Found Nearly 400 Cases of Sexual Assault Among Children on Bases

The Pentagon says it does not know how often the children of service members sexually assault one another on military bases. To answer that question, The Associated Press filed dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests with the main law enforcement agencies for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, as well as with the […]

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DOD Official Visits Training Center

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OSD) for Readiness, Mr. Charles (Fred) Drummond visited Asymmetric Warfare Training Center (AWTC) and several other training venues located on Fort A.P. Hill, 07 Mar. During his visit at AWTC, Mr. Drummond received a facilities capability […]

DOD Official Visits Training Center

Veteran Finds New Life as River Guide

“There’s something healing about the water. I don’t fully understand it.” Suzy Matsubara didn’t grow up around the water, but she was hooked from the moment she stepped into a 14-foot orange raft and began paddling down the Rogue River. She stared down at her reflection in the dark water, cut by each forward stroke […]

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Professor Uses Virtual Labs to Teach IT Skills

Steph YoungGonzaga credits online learning with enriching her education and helping establish herself as an IT thought leader. Now she wants to pay it forward. After earning both a Masters and a Doctorate online, and following a successful twenty-year career as a corporate IT executive, YoungGonzaga recently returned to her roots. She pivoted her career […]

Florida Bills Support Military, Veterans

Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a pair of veterans-focused bills. He held the signing ceremony Tuesday at Jacksonville’s National Guard armory. The measures are meant to make it easier for vets and active duty service members to get an education and a job. The first new law waives some fees and requirements for state […]

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Rep. Jim Banks Discusses Military Education Options

A new bill introduced in Congress last week would provide more educational choice for military families. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., allows military families to open an education savings account for funding a child’s education expenses. The money could be used for private school tuition, textbooks, online classes, private tutoring, and college tuition. […]

Study: Online Instructors Respond More to White Males

Online course instructors are 94 percent more likely to respond to discussion forum comments made by students with names connoting that they are white and male compared to other race-gender groups, according to research published in March. The experimental study, “Bias in Online Classes: Evidence from a Field Experiment,” was conducted by researchers from Stanford […]

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