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Section: Academics
Academics
NC Leaders Discuss Issues Facing Military-Affiliated Students
Student veterans, campus leaders from UNC system schools, North Carolina community college administrators and North Carolina legislators gathered Monday for the UNC Veterans Summit to discuss the various ways state campuses can serve student veterans. The summit included a series of panels on various topics, including student veterans; campus leadership in supporting military-affiliated students; partnerships […]
November 16, 2017
Academics
Platform for Military Spouses Wins Startup Award
A job platform for military spouses, a college budgeting tool and a self-serve dog wash beat 18 other startups in a competition to collectively take away $22,500 in funds. Erica McMannes took the coveted first place prize of $10,000 for her military spouse job platform, MadSkills. But it took a whole weekend of pitches and […]
November 16, 2017
Academics
New Report Offers Best Financial Practices for Colleges’ Roles in Student Success
College affordability and a clear understanding of financial aid are among the biggest challenges low-income students pursuing a higher education face. Education experts say that colleges and universities can play a larger role in increasing student success by changing their financial aid practices, according to a new report. The new report by the Jack Kent […]
November 14, 2017
Academics
Ashford University G.I. Bill Eligibility in Jeopardy
Ashford University’s eligibility to enroll GI Bill users is once again in jeopardy. The Department of Veterans Affairs has deemed the school’s state-level approval “legally insufficient” and issued a notice to Ashford, a top enroller of military students, that it has 60 days to comply with the law or lose its ability to receive VA […]
November 14, 2017
Academics
Academy Won’t Discuss Motive Behind Hoax
DENVER — The Air Force Academy says it will not discuss what led a student to allegedly stage a hate crime, but a researcher said those who commit hoaxes are sometimes trying to bolster their reputations or want to deflect attention from trouble they are in. The academy said that an African-American student acknowledged writing […]
November 10, 2017
Academics
Academy Says Black Student Wrote Slurs
DENVER — Racial slurs posted outside the dorm rooms of five black students at the Air Force Academy were written by one of those students, the school said Tuesday. The announcement was a jarring turn in an episode that prompted the academy’s superintendent to warn students that racists were not welcome at the school — […]
November 9, 2017
Academics
First-Generation Students Celebrated in Nationwide Festivities
In an effort to showcase and empower first-generation students, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) will organize a national celebration on college and university campuses this week. COE, in partnership with other higher education organizations, will commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with a nationwide “First Annual First-Generation College […]
November 7, 2017
Academics
Fort Knox Program Eases Transition to Jobs
Since the beginning of the year, the Fort Knox Career Skills Program has been helping U.S. Army personnel transition into private sector emÂployÂment through its Senior Leaders Corporate Fellowship ProÂgram. And according to Fort Knox Education Center officer Jacque JenÂkins, the program has been successful in its goals so far. Jenkins said 90 percent of […]
November 7, 2017
Academics
A Free, Global Conference Will Explore Online Education
The Global Education Conference Network’s eighth annual worldwide collaboration on globally-connected education will take place around the clock starting Monday, November 13, and continuing through Thursday, November 16. This event is free, but does require that you register. Interested participants can register here. The GEC features thought leaders from the world of education and beyond, […]
November 3, 2017
Academics
Survey: Professors Often Resist Online Education
eLearning and online education at the university level has proven to be a solution to countless barriers separating willing students from much-needed knowledge. But while access grows, and education technology continues to develop at a rapid pace, there’s one issue that has yet to be solved: professors. Instructors may be fond of reminding their students […]
November 3, 2017
Academics
Interactive Instruction Improves Navy College Program
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) — Sailors using the Navy College Program (NCP)/Voluntary Education (VOLED) and leaders advising Sailors will benefit from significant upgrades to required training with the addition of three interactive multi-media instructional (IMI) education tools available online Nov. 1. “Service Members previously had to wade through static training slide decks to complete much […]
November 3, 2017
Academics
Fort Hood, IBM Partner on Cyber Security Transition Program
FORT HOOD, Texas (KWTX) Service members transitioning out of the military from will now have another opportunity to find a job put side of the military. IBM is partnering with Fort Hood Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program, SFL-TAP, to help give service members certifications in cyber security. This new certification partnership with IBM will […]
November 2, 2017
Academics
Mission Critical: Getting Marines Through College
At the Voluntary Education Center (VEC) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, mission critical means providing quality education counseling to primarily U.S. Marines and their families, members of other military branches, veterans and Department of Defense employees, so they can achieve their educational goals. “Our goal is to get them to and through college,” said Melora […]
November 2, 2017
Academics
AT&T funds Military Education Program
Through a grant from AT&T, the National Infantry Museum is preparing to link high school ROTC students with active duty and retired military personnel next week in an one-day educational effort. Monday, AT&T Regional Director for External Affairs Terry Smith, a Navy veteran, presented National Infantry Museum officials with a $35,000 check that will fund […]
October 31, 2017
Academics
Academy Investigates Racial Intimidation Case
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy says it is investigating a report that a white male cadet may have tried to intimidate an African-American cadet based on his race. The academy in New London said it received a report of an incident Friday but, it did not provide additional details. The Coast […]
October 31, 2017
Academics
Report: Top Public Universities Shut Out Poor Students
Graduating from a selective college can help low-income students climb the economic ladder, but many of the nation’s top public universities are turning their backs on the group. Since the late 1990s, almost two-thirds of selective public universities have reduced the share of students they enroll who come from families earning less than $37,000 a […]
October 27, 2017
Academics
Certain For-Profit Colleges Leave Veterans in a Bind
Terry Jack will be the first one to tell you he has made his share of mistakes. By his own account, the Army veteran from Tucson, Arizona, has been twice convicted of a DUI. He says the second time — which occurred in 2014 — cost him 90 days in jail, and his driver’s license […]
October 27, 2017
Academics
University Offers a $10,000 Online Degree: Discourages It for Freshmen
COMMERCE — In 2011, when Gov. Rick Perry urged Texas universities to find a way to offer degrees for less than $10,000, many in the higher education world scoffed. Texas A&M University-Commerce leapt into action. Within two years, the East Texas school had developed a program that allowed students to earn an online bachelor’s degree […]
October 26, 2017
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