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Military Spouses Find Opportunities in Multilevel Marketing

According to data from the White House and the Department of Defense, there are nearly 690,000 spouses of active-duty service members, 12 percent of whom are active-duty military themselves. The unemployment rate for military spouses over the past decade has hovered between 20 and 25 percent, four times the rate for adult women. At the […]

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MOOCs: Andrew Ng Teaches More Students Than Anyone

One selling point of MOOCs (massive online open courses) has been that students can access courses from the world’s most famous universities. The assumption—especially in the marketing messages from major providers like Coursera and edX—is that the winners of traditional higher education will also end up the winners in the world of online courses. But […]

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Veteran Joblessness Trending Downward

In May 2018, veteran unemployment is down slightly at 3.4 percent, according to data published by the U.S. Department of Labor. This compares to the national unemployment rate of 3.8 in May 2018, published by the National Conference of State Legislatures. This is more than a 20 percent decrease since 2016 and almost a 10 percent decrease since […]

Empowering Transition

Veterans are the unacknowledged permanent ambassadors of national service. How we publicly portray veterans directly relates to how society conceptualizes military service, including what happens to an individual during that service. In an all-volunteer force, reputation is key to the attractiveness of joining a profession that can end in death or permanent disability. Read More

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Stanford Students Boycott Google Internships Over Military Drones

Student activist group the Stanford Solidarity Network (SSN) has released a petition calling on Google to pledge not to pursue any future contracts with the military, adding that until such a commitment is made, signatories will not pursue internships or postgraduate jobs with the tech giant. “We, students, pledge that we will … refuse to […]

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How One Man in Uniform Became Face of Global Romance Scams

In the summer of 2015, Bryan Denny received a peculiar message in his LinkedIn inbox. “I really need to speak with you, Bryan,” a woman wrote. “I thought you were coming to visit me after your deployment in Syria was completed?” He didn’t recognize the woman’s name or picture, had never been to Syria, and […]

Man Sentenced to 5 Years for $24 M GI Bill Fraud

NEWARK, NJ – A Pennsylvania man who conspired with a former college assistant dean from Toms River in a scheme that stole more than $24 million from the Post 9/11 GI Bill was sentenced Monday to 5 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. David Alvey, 51, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]

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Instruction Facility Opens at Stennis Space Center

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School celebrated in grand fashion the long-awaited opening of its Applied Instruction Facility, with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony held on June 1, at its facilities located on the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The facility, which was more than […]

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Fort Hood to Host Mega Job Fair

The Fort Hood Soldier for Life–Transition Assistance Program is bringing together employers who are looking to hire soldiers, veterans and their family members at the semi-annual Summer Mega Career Fair at Club Hood from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 19. The job fair is free and open to all job seekers — to […]

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Predatory Colleges

From Memorial Day in late May to the anniversary of D-Day, it’s normally a good time to be a veteran. They get well-earned recognition at sports stadiums and in local parades. There are a series of war movie marathons on TV channels. We wish we could do more for our armed forces personnel, and those […]

Certificate Programs for Individuals Who Want to Work in Veteran Services are Growing

Over the past few years, colleges and universities around the country have seen a marked increase in students who want to be equipped to serve military veterans. Some are veterans themselves, some have personal connections and others may have taken a course that sparked an interest in pursuing careers in veteran services.

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Slowly, Princeton Opens Doors to Veterans

Opening the doors of Nassau Hall reveals an austere, dimly-lit chamber encased in white marble — the Memorial Atrium. Inscribed on the walls are the names of men who have died fighting in U.S. wars since the University was founded in 1746. Those who died in the Vietnam War are the most recent names to […]

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