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School Owner Sentenced for $2.8 M Theft from Vets Program

TRENTON, N.J. —- The owner of a computer training center who stole $2.8 million from a program designed to help veterans find employment has been sentenced to two years in prison. Federal prosecutors say Elizabeth Honig also forfeited $1,274,154 and agreed to pay $2,831,455 in restitution. The 52-year-old Morganville resident had pleaded guilty in June […]

University Offers a $10,000 Online Degree: Discourages It for Freshmen

COMMERCE — In 2011, when Gov. Rick Perry urged Texas universities to find a way to offer degrees for less than $10,000, many in the higher education world scoffed. Texas A&M University-Commerce leapt into action. Within two years, the East Texas school had developed a program that allowed students to earn an online bachelor’s degree […]

Medical Program on Base Graduates Liberian Student

FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS – Pfc. Yardy Collins holds the distinction of being the first international student from Liberia to graduate from the preventive medicine specialist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston October 20. Collins, from Monrovia, joined the Liberian army because of his desire […]

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DeVos Further Freezes Obama’s For-profit Fraud Protections

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is further delaying Obama-era protections for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, saying it needs more time to write new regulations. Tuesday’s announcement renewed criticism by Democrats and advocacy groups that the administration favors the interests of for-profit universities over students. The Education Department posted a notice in the Federal Register […]

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Memorial to Service Women Marks an Anniversary

ARLINGTON, Va. — Right next to Arlington National Cemetery, which draws about 4 million visitors a year, is a national memorial to military women. It draws about 200,000 visitors a year. The 33,000 square-foot (3,066 square-meter) memorial, known formally as the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend […]

Many Afghan Military Trainees Going A.W.O.L. in U.S.

Nearly half of the foreign troops training in the U.S. who go absent without leave are from Afghanistan, a government watchdog report said Friday. Of the 352 foreign troops who were absent without leave since 2005 in the U.S., 152 were from Afghanistan, according to the report by the Office of the Special Inspector General […]

Wounded Veteran Gets Loan Forgiveness and $62 K Tax Bill

BATH TOWNSHIP, Mich.— The I.R.S. is asking a wounded veteran from Michigan to pay $62,000 in income taxes on the federal government’s cancellation of his student loans. First Lt. Will Milzarski served two tours in Afghanistan that left him with a traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder and hearing loss. The federal government canceled $223,000 […]

Ky. Community College in Position to Help Veterans Make Career Transition

Kristy Riddell is one semester shy of finishing her associate degree program in business with an accounting track. A single mother of three living in Paducah, Kentucky, Riddell has had her hands full with school and family obligations. “It’s a lot,” Riddell says with a laugh. “And that’s on top of coaching basketball and football […]

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Troops to Teachers Eases Shortage for Schools

After a career spent serving their country on the battlefield, some veterans return home to serve in a different way: as teachers, training the young minds of America’s future leaders and thinkers. The skills and experiences veterans acquire during their service are incredibly useful within the classroom. Leadership, flexibility, adaptability, an understanding and appreciation of […]

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Lower Ed: Professor Argues That For-Profits Prey On the Vulnerable

There isn’t a concrete definition for the all-too-elusive American Dream. Ideas of this material utopia have different meanings to different people. Nevertheless, this U.S. fantasy has been heavily promoted by self-aggrandizing business and political leaders since America’s inception. From slave masters promising non-slave owners that they could become planters–owners of twenty or more slaves–to for-profit […]

Database Change Broadens View of Outcomes

One big flaw of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Database System (IPEDS) has been fixed. The U.S. Department of Education has revamped its higher education database to begin tracking non-traditional students — the ones who aren’t attending school full-time or aren’t entering college as freshmen right from high school — an additional 650,000 people. According to […]

Lawmaker Offers Apprenticeship Bill to Help With Transition

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — Rep. Beto O’Rourke has introduced a new bill aimed to make it easier for soldiers to find jobs outside of the military. He said the Veteran Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform (VALOR) Act is designed to help streamline apprenticeship programs for troops transitioning into civilian life. O’Rourke said it will […]

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