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New Degree Pathway Offered from Maine

Officials with the University of Maine at Presque Isle have announced a new degree pathway for adult learners that gives them the ability to earn their college degree in just a few years for under $10,000: a Competency Based Education Bachelor of Business Administration (CBE BBA) degree, to be offered online beginning in Fall 2017. […]

WGU Indiana Offers $50K for Adult ‘Smart Choice’

INDIANAPOLIS — As Hoosier parents prepare to send their children back to school, WGU Indiana is helping adults make the “smart choice” to return to school themselves. The online, nonprofit university announced that 25 Smart Choice Scholarships, each valued at up to $2,000, are immediately available to new undergraduate and graduate students. Each Smart Choice […]

Colleges Plan for Assault on Affirmative Action

The flurry of public denouncements came quick. Some were bold and defiant. Just as the announcement that the Trump administration was implementing an immigration ban drew the ire of administrators at colleges and universities across the nation, so too, did a media report that the Department of Justice was looking to go after universities that […]

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New Job Center at Joint Base Eases Transitions

A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place July 7 for Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s new American Job Center inside Hawk Transition Center on Lewis North, bringing together officials from JBLM, Washington state and various local business leaders in what is considered a groundbreaking effort for helping transitioning military service members. The goal of the new on-base American Job […]

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New Degree Program Offered at Fort Knox

Fort Knox Garrison Commander Col. Patrick Kaune views the new Engineering and Electrical Technology program at Fort Knox as a win. “(It’s) a program of great importance,” Kaune said Friday. “It will provide for more educational and employment opportunities for service members, veterans and families.” The program is through Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Kaune […]

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Brothers Honor Grandparents With Military Scholarship

Two brothers who want to honor their late grandparents have established a $5,000 annual scholarship at the University of Miami College of Engineering. The money will be awarded to engineering students who are active-duty military, military veterans, former military personnel or members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. The CDR. and Mrs. Donald C. Pette […]

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Pentagon Misses Deadline on Reviewing Bonuses

Despite a last-minute push, the Pentagon has failed to fully meet a deadline set by Congress to review and mostly reverse efforts to recover enlistment bonuses for up to 17,500 California National Guard soldiers and veterans, including some who were wounded in battle. Pentagon officials refused Tuesday to provide a breakdown of how many California […]

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Virginia Initiates Effort to Smooth Transition After Service

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and co-chair of the Senate Military Families Caucus, and the Virginia Department of Veterans Services yesterday announced an effort to reach out to transitioning servicemembers to thank them for their service and help inform them of the resources available to them as […]

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Online Learning is the Airbnb of Higher Ed

Higher education is ripe for innovative disruptions similar to what other industries have faced, argues Alana Dunagan for eCampus News. Dunagan is head of higher education research at the Christensen Institute. In her recent study, she looks at examples of disruptive technologies and methods in higher ed. Read More

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How Employers View Online Degrees

Among employers, perceptions of online degrees have shifted in recent years. More and more, employers are aware that these types of college and graduate-level programs provide “a work-life balance for individuals that might not have had the opportunity to go to the traditional school and take time out of their schedules, or needed to work […]

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Affirmative Action Bombshell: FAQs About DOJ Pushback

Higher education institutions felt seismic shockwaves yesterday as the New York Times reported that the Trump administration would soon redirect Justice Department resources toward investigating – and possibly suing – colleges and universities over their affirmative action admissions policies. Although the state of affirmative action policies has evolved over the past several decades, never before […]

More Veterans Jumping into Real Estate Careers

U.S. veterans are taking advantage of the CCIM Veterans in Real Estate Program offered by CCIM Institute in a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Through the program, veterans can fund their education toward earning the CCIM commercial real estate designation through the GI Bill. “This was the most comprehensive pathway I found […]

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