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Veterans
WWII Veterans Finally Gets Diploma
LIMA — When it comes to 90-year-old World War II veteran Duane Reynolds Sr.’s education at Delphos Jefferson High School, the phrase, “Better late than never” may apply. After a Veterans Day Lima News story related Reynolds’ experiences as a trained medic in the Navy and Marines in the Pacific, complete with recounts of the […]
Veterans
Grant Aims to Close Male Teacher Shortage
California faces a looming teacher shortage, and, in particular, a deficit in the number of men interested in working in elementary education. Hoping to help alleviate the problem, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded California State University, Northridge a $385,651, three-year grant for a teacher-preparation project aimed at increasing the number of men — particularly […]
Veterans
Job Fair Helps Veterans in Transition
FORT KNOX, Ky. (WDRB) — Thousands of Kentucky veterans are unemployed. “It’s really difficult, it is,” U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Terrence Douse said. “You know you’re getting out and you’re trying to figure out where you’re going to get a job at.” Staff Sergeant Douse is not alone. Many members of the military struggle to […]
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Rankings for Best Online Coming Soon
On Jan. 10, U.S. News will publish the 2017 Best Online Programs rankings on usnews.com. These rankings are particularly useful for working adults – often in their 30s or 40s – who may not be able to take classes during the day but wish to learn skills and earn credentials to boost their careers. U.S. […]
Academics
Barber School Owner Pleads Guilty to GI Bill Scam
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The owner of a barber school has pleaded guilty to a scam that used $4.5 million in GI Bill tuition payments. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said that Katherine Grobes claimed to train veterans at the school in Chesapeake. In reality, authorities said, she had most sign […]
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OSU, Other Colleges Commit to Help Low-Income Students
Thirty top colleges and universities, including Ohio State University, have committed to help thousands of talented low- and moderate-income students find their way to a quality higher education. The program, funded with a $1.7 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, is called the American Talent Initiative. Its goal is to educate an additional 50,000 high achievers […]
Veterans
United Way Helps Training Center Meet Veterans’ Needs
WARNER ROBINS — Soon after a new veterans training center opened four months ago, workers there realized that veterans had more needs than the center was set up to provide. The center’s primary aim is to help veterans transition to the civilian workforce through education and ensuring that they get proper academic credit for the […]
Veterans
Iraq Veteran Uses Experience to Get Through College
The most outstanding, vivacious rewards in life are seldom material. It takes time, effort and strife to realize ambition and achieve that level of personal satisfaction. On an individual basis, we’re all often trying to achieve the abstract; what is meaningful to one’s self. After serving in the U.S. Army for eight years and persevering […]
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Feds Stand by Decision to End Accreditor’s Role
WASHINGTON — Federal education officials are standing by their decision to cut ties with the nation’s largest accreditor of for-profit colleges — a ruling that will bar hundreds of schools from providing federal financial aid and likely force some to close. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, which oversees more than 250 institutions […]
Veterans
Senator Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Veterans’ Bill
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, applauded Senate passage of legislation – the Miller-Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Act – to improve veterans’ access to health care, disability benefits, education and homelessness assistance, among other important benefits for our nation’s veterans. The bill […]
Academics
Fort Bragg, Fayetteville Tech Expand Transition Program
Fort Bragg troops will have more resources as they look to get out of uniform. Fayetteville Technical Community College and Fort Bragg announced last week that they’ll expand an educational partnership aimed at helping transitioning service members, veterans and family members find full employment. The partnership is built around the Fort Bragg Career Skills Program, […]
Academics
Higher Education Struggles to Leverage Digital Learning
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, what we might now call “the early days” of online higher education, advocates of technology-mediated learning imagined themselves as outsiders, rebels working on the margins of higher education. Their goal, broadly, was to bring the transformative power of Internet technology to a change-adverse, centuries-old institution. Keenly aware of […]
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