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Veterans
Monthly Events Help Soldiers Make Transition
Every month veterans and soldiers, along with their spouses and members of the public, take part in a job fair at Fort Gordon as part of the installation’s Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program. The program aids soldiers as they make their career change, said Angela Gaston, a transition services specialist for Fort Gordon. One […]
Veterans
Rural Districts With Shortages Look to “Troops to Teachers”
HOLBROOK — Holbrook Unified School District Superintendent Robert Koerperich said Arizona is in a teacher retention crisis. Too many teachers are leaving the area, and the state, for higher paying jobs, he said. “In the last two years we have been down about 8-10 staff members,” Koerperich said during Diane Douglas’s “We are listening” tour […]
Other News
Bethune-Cookman Enhances Military Education
For the past several months, Bethune-Cookman University has worked on numerous military academic initiatives such as: GEM; FLYCA; DANTES/DSST; Minuteman Scholarship; Military Training Credits; and more to enhance opportunities for students in the military to attend college. B-Cu has enrolled approximately 169 military students on campus and online. Currently, Mr. Alli Braswell, Civilian Aide to […]
Academics
Stanford Students Hacking for Defense
This spring, as part of their coursework, four Stanford University students found themselves in Coronado, California, doing pushups on the beach and charging into a 61-degree surf while overseen by Navy SEAL trainers. They performed this extraordinary homework to better understand the process of inculcating recruits into the elite corps of military frogmen and women. […]
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Mattis Targets Some Training as Waste of Time
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has ordered a Pentagon review of the mandatory training and administrative requirements his troops face each year that cut into time that they could be spending to prepare for combat. Mattis, a former Marine general who commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, ordered the formation of a group to study policies […]
Policy
Trump Wants to Bar Transgender People from Military
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption.” Trump’s announcement on Twitter would reverse the effort under President Barack Obama to open the armed services to transgender people. He did not say what would happen to […]
Academics
Eastern Tennessee Gets Grant for Military, Veteran Education
East Tennessee State University is one of 13 colleges and universities in Tennessee to receive additional funding and program support to serve veterans and service members and to help them earn postsecondary degrees as part of Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative. The university will use the $80,000 Veterans Reconnect grant funded by the […]
Other News
National University Launches Effort to Help Diverse Learners
San Diego, Calif. – Aiming to address some of the most challenging issues confronting higher education today, National University, which serves more than 28,000 primarily-adult learners on campuses and online, is launching today the Precision Institute at National University. The Institute will lead a four-year, $20 million initiative, called Precision Education, that is piloting new […]
Academics
Are MOOCs and Bootcamps Effective?
The House has passed one bill, and is likely to pass another, that would provide funding for people to enroll in certificate programs, apprenticeships, bootcamps and other technical education programs. But a new study questions the quality of these programs, as well as the evidence that demonstrates their efficacy. The courses, many of them online, […]
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75,000 Apply for Free Tuition in New York
BUFFALO — About 75,000 people who applied for New York’s first-in-the-nation tuition-free college program are finding out whether they will start the fall semester without a tuition bill to pay, state officials said Thursday. “It feels absolutely terrific,” Binghamton University student Natan Nassir, of Great Neck, said after learning Thursday that the state will pick […]
Academics
International Visitors at Ft. Leavenworth Learn about Life
Leavenworth Mayor Nancy Bauder welcomed 119 international students from the incoming Command and General Staff Officer Course with an official proclamation of July 18 as “International Military Students’ Honorary Citizens Day” at Riverfront Community Center in Leavenworth. The CGSOC international students, representing 91 countries, received honorary citizen certificates from Bauder. Read More
Academics
Resource Helps Returning Military Find Future in Agriculture
What if there was an organization in Iowa working with people who want to transition from their military service to the agricultural sector? That question describes the mission of Veterans In Agriculture, whose leadership has an interest and a passion for agriculture and helping veterans make that transition. The need for this type of organization […]
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