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Navy Tuition-Assistance Policy Gets Updates

Policy changes to the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance program were announced to expand the professional development opportunities and enhance degree completion of Sailors. The changes in NAVADMIN 127-18, released May 22, present higher education options to lead to more capable and engaged Sailors. “This gives Sailors more opportunities to take classes,” said Personnel Specialist […]

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Moody Airmen Go the Distance at CLEP-a-Thon

More than 200 Airmen participated in a free marathon-themed testing event at the annual CLEP-A-Thon, July 23-26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., where they pursued their higher educational and self-improvement goals. Airmen took as many Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams as they could during […]

House Approves Plan of Economic Opportunity Branch

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers on Monday advanced plans to create a new branch of Veterans Affairs operations focused on economic opportunity, a move that advocates say could better highlight employment and education programs at the department. Veterans advocates have pushed for the new economic opportunity administration in recent months amid concerns that the benefits administration […]

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New V.A. Chief Plans to Shake Up Staff

In one of his first acts as President Trump’s Veterans Affairs secretary, Robert Wilkie intends to reassign several high-ranking political appointees at the center of the agency’s ongoing morale crisis and staffing exodus, according to three people familiar with his plans. Wilkie, who will be sworn in Monday, wants to form his own leadership team, […]

Lawmakers Demand DOD Drop Limits on GI Bill Transfers

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 83 House lawmakers are blasting a Defense Department plan to change rules on troops transferring their GI Bill benefits to dependents, calling it unfair and devastating for military morale. “Once a service member meets the requirements for transferring Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to an eligible family member, we must […]

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New Secretary’s Challenge

The US Senate confirmed attorney Robert Wilkie on Monday to become the next Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs with a vote of 86 to 9. Wilkie, a veteran with deep ties to DOD and the Senate is now responsible for correcting course to the most dysfunctional agency in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. “Under […]

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Albany Hosts Military Child Education Summit

MCLB-ALBANY — Officials representing numerous schools gathered for Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany’s Military Child Educational Summit on Tuesday afternoon. The military base partnered with the Marine Corps Community Service’s School Liaison and Exceptional Child Educational Summit to host the event, which aimed to inform parents stationed at the base about what schooling options are available […]

Fiske: 20 Best-Value Colleges

A college degree is an investment that will last a lifetime and one of the most reliable ways to increase your lifetime earnings. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Americans with a bachelor’s degree have median weekly earnings of $1,173, compared to just $712 a week for those who have a high school diploma. […]

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Penn Engineering School Adds Online Master’s

The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced its first completely online master’s degree, a Master of Computer and Information Technology. MCIT Online is designed to be affordable, at one-third the cost of an on-campus degree, and open to students with no previous background in computer science. Offered exclusively on Coursera, […]

Trident Adds Educational Support at Fort Irwin

Trident University International (Trident) has announced the hiring of Megan Stewart as the new University Outreach Education Specialist at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in California. This arrangement is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in September 2016, and applies to Fort Irwin military service members, Department of Defense civilian employees, military […]

Prosecutors Urge Court-Martial for Midshipman in Drug Case

WASHINGTON — Military prosecutors recommended a court-martial on Wednesday for a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman who is accused of distributing drugs to fellow midshipmen after he acquired them on the dark web, where people search for drugs through secret web browsers and buy them using encrypted channels, code names and virtual currencies. Midshipman Zachery Williams […]

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DeVos Rules Would Cut $13B in Student Loan Relief

Students who are defrauded by their schools would have a harder time getting their federal loans erased under new rules proposed by the Trump administration Wednesday. The proposal, which aims to replace a set of Obama-era rules that were never implemented, drew applause from the for-profit industry but sharp criticism from advocacy groups that represent […]

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