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Academics
Military Academies Aren’t What They Used to Be
When Zainab Salami’s parents sent her from a public school in Texas to the Randolph-Macon Academy, a 124-year-old military school in western Virginia, her only frame of reference was a Disney Channel movie. “I thought it would be like Cadet Kelly,” she said. In the 2002 film, the main character, a free-spirited artist type played […]
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Democrats Eye Debt-Free College Push in Next Congress
Election Day is still looming, but a group of Democrats has already laid plans to start the next legislative year with a proposal that would allow students to graduate college without debt. About two dozen congressional Democrats have met for more than a year, with discussions intensifying over the last month. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary […]
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India Firm Won’t Buy 2 U.S. Campuses
BOSTON — After facing scrutiny from state officials in Massachusetts, a chain of colleges based in India has canceled its plans to buy two U.S. for-profit colleges. The Amity University chain filed paperwork in July proposing to buy the New England Institute of Art, located near Boston, and the Art Institute of New York City, […]
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For-Profit Closes School in Mid-Day
Missouri College is drawing headlines and controversy as administrators sent home students early during a school day this week, and then informed them the school would be closing immediately. Officials say the closure is a result of financial problems faced by its owning corporation, Weston Educational Inc., which also closed other campuses it owns. Read […]
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Heritage College Closes
WICHITA, Kan. – Andria Bryant is still in shock following the abrupt closure of the college she’s been attending for nearly a year. “All the doors are locked. Everything is cleaned out and there’s just a note on the front doors,” she said. Following the likes of Wright Career College, Regency Beauty Institute, Marinello School […]
Veterans
Baker College Honored for Service to Vets
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI — Baker College has been recognized for its commitment to veterans, service members and their dependents. The Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency’s Veteran-Friendly School Program, which recognizes various Michigan colleges and universities that aid military members and their families under the GI Bill, has awarded the school a gold ranking for the second […]
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Online College Plan Ranks Top 20 Colleges for Vets
GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — United States Veterans have given of themselves, risking everything for the sake of our country and well-being, and for that sacrifice, there is not thanks enough. When it comes to going to college and getting their higher education after their service is over, many, many colleges offer benefits […]
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For-Profits Leaving Blacks in More Debt
With 44 million consumers owing about $1.4 trillion in student loans, a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds that student loan servicing and debt collection together will boost borrower costs even higher over the next two years. The Bureau’s recently-released Student Loan Ombudsman Report termed the nation’s current system as “flawed” and […]
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For ITT Tech Students, No Easy Road
The sudden closure of ITT Technical Institute in September interrupted the lives of tens of thousands of students who were promised a path to a more secure future. Some had just started their higher education with the for-profit school and others were just a few classes away from earning a degree. All are finding themselves […]
Veterans
Veterans at the Ivies: Students Seek to Increase Ranks
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It’s not easy to find military veterans in undergraduate programs at most Ivy League schools. Harvard has only three in its undergrad liberal arts and sciences school. Princeton, just one. Students from the eight Ivies hope to change those kinds of numbers. They see a chance for institutions to diversify and for […]
Academics
“Veteran-Friendly” College Honored
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — For the second straight year, Baker College has been recognized for its commitment to veterans, service members and their dependents. The education institution was recently honored with a gold ranking for the second year in a row by the Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency’s Veteran-Friendly School Program. In its second year, the program […]
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Transition Event Focuses on Women
FORT HOOD — Military service doesn’t lend itself to many beauty opportunities for female service members, but that changed for about 60 women during a two-day workshop at Club Hood that ended Thursday. Hosted by Operation Reinvent and Fort Hood’s Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program, the career transition and empowerment event helped female service […]
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