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Eastern Kentucky Cuts Tuition for Active-Duty Service Members

RICHMOND, Ky. — Eastern Kentucky University says it is reducing tuition for students who are serving active duty in the military. A statement from the school in Richmond says effective immediately active-duty service members on federal orders for at least 180 days will be charged $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses and $325 per […]

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Google Specialty Code Tool to Help Military Job Seekers Transition

SAN DIEGO (AP) – A new Google search tool will allow service members transitioning to civilian life to include their military occupational specialty code to find jobs that match their skills. The tool announced Monday is part of the tech giant’s “Grow with Google” initiative aimed at helping Americans get jobs or grow their businesses. […]

Boots to Business Program Offers Support, Resources

Business ownership has been described as the ‘most democratic and freedom creating’ of all vocations. So who better to pursue business ownership than service members who understand what it means to fight for freedom and democracy? Veterans have the motivation, character, discipline and skills needed to succeed as small business owners and entrepreneurs. Boots to […]

Citadel Instructor Charged With Sexual Assault

An officer responsible for training cadets at The Citadel military college is under arrest, charged with sexually assaulting a student. Lt. Col. Kenneth Boes appeared in front of a South Carolina judge Wednesday after turning himself in to police. A 20-year-old male cadet accuses Boes of assaulting him multiple times. In one instance, the cadet […]

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Top Military Influencers Join Forces with National Brands at Conference 2018

SAN ANTONIO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 17, 2018–Hundreds of entrepreneurs, influencers and leaders from the military and veteran community will connect with experts from national brands and top media conglomerates at the second annual Military Influencer Conference (MIC), September 23-25 in Orlando, Florida. At this largest event of its kind, veteran and spouse participants have a unique […]

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Wounded Warriors React to Allegations Against Rep. Hunter

Daniel Riley joined the Marines in 2007 and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2010, he stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, losing both legs and half of his left hand. He said he had a physical reaction to the allegations against Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine), a fellow Marine. “It’s disgusting,” he said. […]

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Bill Aims to Protect Students from Worthless Degrees

WASHINGTON – As college students begin returning to class, Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., introduced Thursday the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act of 2018. They said it would close a loophole that allows for-profit colleges to take federal financial aid dollars for students to attend unaccredited degree programs that often leave students deep in […]

Education Groups Sue DeVos for Delaying Online Protections

Two teacher unions are suing the Education Department and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over the agency’s delay of rules meant to protect students earning degrees online. The California Teachers Association (CTA) and the National Education Association (NEA), along with a second grade teacher in Kansas, a fourth grade teacher in California, and a student enrolled in an […]

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For-Profit Colleges Have Allies Now, but Complaints Persist

WASHINGTON — A lawsuit against Ashford University describes an admissions office with a cutthroat sales culture more akin to a used-car lot than a place of higher learning, peddling “false promises and faulty information” to lure students eligible for federal financial aid. Sound familiar? The allegations in the lawsuit filed by California’s attorney general are […]

Top Federal Student Loan Official Resigns in Protest

NEW YORK — The government’s top official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned in protest on Monday, citing what he says is the White House’s open hostility toward protecting the nation’s millions of student loan borrowers. Seth Frotman will be stepping down as student loan ombudsman at the end of the week, according […]

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Defense Act Includes Kaine’s Military Spouse Aid

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on President Trump signing into law the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a majority of Kaine’s military spouse employment provisions and many of Kaine’s other priorities for Virginia, including a pay raise for servicemembers […]

Report: Interest in Online Education Keeps Growing

The associate’s degree is the most popular credential among potential students as demand for online higher education continues to grow, according to a study by Clearwater, Fla.-based Digital Media Solutions. The independent agency’s study reviewed trends in inquiry generation and student acquisition data from January through June of this year. Analysts used information from Sparkroom, […]

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