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Recalling a Legacy

Last summer, the Harry Colmery Plaza was dedicated in downtown Topeka exactly 72 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944 — legislation more commonly known as the GI Bill. After serving in World War I, Colmery became a tireless advocate for veterans, and his involvement with the American Legion […]

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Program Bridges Gap in Spouse Employment

California, MD- Traditionally, it is difficult for military spouses to expand their careers because of the demands of the military and their transient lifestyles. About 16 percent of military spouses are unemployed, despite their education, experience and credentials. The National Military Spouse Network (NMSN) is stepping in to help reduce those unemployment numbers. “The military […]

WKU’s Veterans Upward Bound program turns 25

When U.S. Army veteran Philip Parsons completed his service in 2010, he had no high school diploma and couldn’t see a way to a better future. That changed the day he saw a card for Western Kentucky University’s Veterans Upward Bound program while visiting an unemployment center. Now, after graduating in May with his master’s […]

College Expands Support for Veterans

YUCAIPA >> Veterans attending Crafton Hills College have a new site they can visit for help. The college campus held a grand opening Friday for its new Veterans Resource Center, which will be open five days a week. Carla Thornton, an Air Force veteran and a counselor at the center, said it “will provide a […]

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Top Transition Official Visits Fort Hood

The top official for the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program visited Fort Hood last week. Walter Herd, director, Army Transition Division, SFL-TAP, met with Fort Hood leadership, Soldiers and Fort Hood SFL-TAP personnel to gain a better understanding on how the SFL-TAP program is run on the installation and the services the local […]

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“Stand Down” Offers Resources

COLUMBUS — The 4th Annual South-Central, Indiana Stand Down will offer resources to veterans, service members, and military families of Decatur, Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings, Brown, Shelby, and Johnson, Counties on Thursday, Sept. 7. The 4th Annual Stand Down event is to honor, hire, and help our heroes and their families. Local providers will be at […]

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New Movement: Mastery of Skills Trumps Grades, Transcripts

A movement of elite private schools throughout the country is attempting to revolutionize the college admission process. The Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC) is proposing to exclude names of courses and grades from transcripts and replace them with levels of mastery that identify performance concepts. In addition, the U.S. News & World Report (May 2017) reports […]

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Settlement: Devry to Refund Students $2,800 Each

About 809 students will each get back $2,800 after a $2.5 million settlement with DeVry University, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced. The Attorney General’s investigation found that DeVry lured students with ads that exaggerated graduates’ success in finding employment and contained inadequately substantiated claims about graduates’ salary success, Schneiderman said. […]

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Invest in Education

I recently traveled from Greensboro to Asheville for a debate on education between a Democratic senator and a Republican Party chairman. The Republican stance was we should not invest more money in public education. The debate gave me a lot to think about. Last week I was in Wilmington to take my daughter on a […]

Custodian Returns as a Teacher

Lowell Outland was a custodian at Tates Creek High School for seven years, a high school dropout who dreamed of becoming a teacher. The 59-year-old Air Force veteran made it happen. On Wednesday, the start of the school year for Fayette County Public Schools, Outland stepped to the front of his classroom as the new […]

What Today’s College Students Look Like

When most people think of a college student they likely imagine an 18- to 22-year-old coed bounding through the quad on the way to her dorm from a lecture hall. But these days, the typical college student actually looks more like Erin Jones. Jones, 37, is a veteran and single mom who drives to her […]

Degree-Completion Effort Launches Website

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi officials have launched a new website to encourage people to complete partially finished college degrees. Gov. Phil Bryant and higher education officials announced the site’s launch August 15. The Complete 2 Compete initiative is targeting more than 130,000 former students, including more than 30,000 who have enough credits to earn a […]

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