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More Military Spending or Free College?

One of the most controversial proposals put forward by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential campaign was a pledge to make tuition free at public colleges and universities. Critics from both parties howled that the pie-in-the-sky idea would bankrupt the country. Where, after all, would the money come from? Those concerns were brushed aside […]

Udacity Starting Program on Self-Drive Cars

Online learning platform Udacity is opening up registration for a ‘Intro to Self-Driving Cars’ Nanodegree Program. The course was planned based on the response to the advanced program with the same name. To enroll into the intro program, one needs to have some programming experience and knowledge of algebra. The students will get to build […]

Free Tuition Draws Students to Online University

Jeanette Oehlers of Willmar despaired of ever finishing college. By her account, she was already deeply in debt and at least two years away from earning her degree. That’s when her father-in-law decided to search the internet. “Hey, I found a university for you,” he told her. Ads by ZINC “How much money?” she asked. […]

Military College Alumni Group Wins Right to Icon

Former students at the oldest military school west of the Mississippi River are getting ownership of a coveted monument. The alumni association of the recently closed Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexigton was fighting to retain control over a 94 year-old World War I Doughboy statue. Since its founding 137 years ago in the […]

Army: Hire-a-Soldier Campaign Reaches Millions

Recently, the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP) held its first ever social media campaign to bring awareness to the hiring of transitioning Soldiers, reaching almost 4 million Twitter users in a single day. The events included Facebook Live guest speakers sharing their transition experience and advice, various graphics, reasons to hire a […]

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Columbia U. Military Group Disappointed by Dean’s Statement

A student military association at Columbia University’s law school is disappointed by a dean’s letter last week that implied military recruiters are only welcome on campus because the school needs federal funding. In the letter, which was viewed by Fox News, the Columbia Law School Military Association said Dean Gillian Lester’s “vociferous objection” to military […]

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Catalyst Leaves Maxwell Base’s Air University

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A pair of ornate brass door knobs with an American Eagle etched on each side seemed out of place as they have held a spot of honor on the glass-topped desk in Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast’s office for the last three years. They were perhaps two of the smallest mementos Kwast, the […]

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Purdue-Kaplan Online Plan Clears Federal Hurdle

Purdue University says the U.S. Department of Education has signed off on the college’s plan to buy Kaplan University, a for-profit, online school. The federal department’s determination, issued after a review of a “pre-acquisition application” submitted by the parties, confirms the federal regulatory agency will give its approval when the sale goes through, Purdue said […]

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Law Allows Credit for Military Training

ALTON – To help veterans obtain advanced certifications and degrees, state Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, recently passed legislation to make it easier for veterans to apply their military training to current coursework while enrolled in higher education. “Members of our military are extremely well trained, but this training does not carry over as academic credit […]

Digital Professor Speaks

University and college students will soon be back in their classrooms. However, more and more students now study online, rather than in a classroom. This is both positive and worrisome. I know, as earlier this summer I taught my first online university course. Online education is a transformative disruption in teaching and learning. Freed from […]

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Digital Court Reporting Program Focuses on Military

Tidewater Community College has added a new digital court reporting program targeting military students. The program, which is sponsored by the college’s Center for Military and Veterans Education, will provide training in audio and video equipment, court and deposition procedures and the advanced digital court reporting processes. Military-related students are able to use their GI […]

California Invests $200 Million in Voc Ed

More Americans are going to college than ever before. The most recent census found that 33.4 percent of adults over the age of 24 have earned a bachelor’s degree or more. Kurt Bauman, Chief of the Education and Social Stratification Branch for the U.S. Census describes this as, “a significant milestone” for the country. For […]

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