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Udacity Offers “Flying Car” Degree Program

In the past year, flying cars have gone from LOL, to maybe a real thing, to a booming industry raking in VC cash and churning out sweet renderings of an aerial future. The chance to trigger the next great transportation revolution has drawn in big companies, like Airbus and Uber, big names, like Google’s Larry […]

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Cal State San Marcos Gets $1 Million Gift for Vet Center

Cal State San Marcos officials announced that the school received a $1 million donation from the San Diego-based Epstein Family Foundation to support its center for student military veterans. The money will endow programs and pay for an expansion of the center to double its current size. “This gift from the Epstein family is truly […]

USC Hosts Conference on Veterans, Military Families

Los Angeles, California – The Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, or “CIR” (pronounced “Sir”), at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is once again presenting a conference aimed at addressing the critical issues facing today’s veterans. The State of the American Veteran Conference 2017 (Sept. 28 – 29, […]

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What Is the Future of Accreditation?

While the state of the nation’s current higher education accreditation systems has many education advocates concerned, a Seton Hall professor writes in a new report that any federal legislative changes could be difficult. “There’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the current accreditation system, in terms of the speed at which it operates and in terms […]

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Udacity Starting Program on Self-Drive Cars

Online learning platform Udacity is opening up registration for a ‘Intro to Self-Driving Cars’ Nanodegree Program. The course was planned based on the response to the advanced program with the same name. To enroll into the intro program, one needs to have some programming experience and knowledge of algebra. The students will get to build […]

Free Tuition Draws Students to Online University

Jeanette Oehlers of Willmar despaired of ever finishing college. By her account, she was already deeply in debt and at least two years away from earning her degree. That’s when her father-in-law decided to search the internet. “Hey, I found a university for you,” he told her. Ads by ZINC “How much money?” she asked. […]

Military College Alumni Group Wins Right to Icon

Former students at the oldest military school west of the Mississippi River are getting ownership of a coveted monument. The alumni association of the recently closed Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexigton was fighting to retain control over a 94 year-old World War I Doughboy statue. Since its founding 137 years ago in the […]

Army: Hire-a-Soldier Campaign Reaches Millions

Recently, the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP) held its first ever social media campaign to bring awareness to the hiring of transitioning Soldiers, reaching almost 4 million Twitter users in a single day. The events included Facebook Live guest speakers sharing their transition experience and advice, various graphics, reasons to hire a […]

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Columbia U. Military Group Disappointed by Dean’s Statement

A student military association at Columbia University’s law school is disappointed by a dean’s letter last week that implied military recruiters are only welcome on campus because the school needs federal funding. In the letter, which was viewed by Fox News, the Columbia Law School Military Association said Dean Gillian Lester’s “vociferous objection” to military […]

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Catalyst Leaves Maxwell Base’s Air University

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A pair of ornate brass door knobs with an American Eagle etched on each side seemed out of place as they have held a spot of honor on the glass-topped desk in Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast’s office for the last three years. They were perhaps two of the smallest mementos Kwast, the […]

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Purdue-Kaplan Online Plan Clears Federal Hurdle

Purdue University says the U.S. Department of Education has signed off on the college’s plan to buy Kaplan University, a for-profit, online school. The federal department’s determination, issued after a review of a “pre-acquisition application” submitted by the parties, confirms the federal regulatory agency will give its approval when the sale goes through, Purdue said […]

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Law Allows Credit for Military Training

ALTON – To help veterans obtain advanced certifications and degrees, state Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, recently passed legislation to make it easier for veterans to apply their military training to current coursework while enrolled in higher education. “Members of our military are extremely well trained, but this training does not carry over as academic credit […]

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