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Section: Academics
Academics
Medical Program on Base Graduates Liberian Student
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS – Pfc. Yardy Collins holds the distinction of being the first international student from Liberia to graduate from the preventive medicine specialist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston October 20. Collins, from Monrovia, joined the Liberian army because of his desire […]
October 26, 2017
Academics
Many Afghan Military Trainees Going A.W.O.L. in U.S.
Nearly half of the foreign troops training in the U.S. who go absent without leave are from Afghanistan, a government watchdog report said Friday. Of the 352 foreign troops who were absent without leave since 2005 in the U.S., 152 were from Afghanistan, according to the report by the Office of the Special Inspector General […]
October 24, 2017
Academics
Database Change Broadens View of Outcomes
One big flaw of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Database System (IPEDS) has been fixed. The U.S. Department of Education has revamped its higher education database to begin tracking non-traditional students — the ones who aren’t attending school full-time or aren’t entering college as freshmen right from high school — an additional 650,000 people. According to […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
Research Examines Learning Potential
New Morgridge College of Education Assistant Professor of Research Methods and Information Science, Denis Dumas, recently published research that could potentially change the way educational researchers understand student learning capacity, and the way students are tested in school. The humble beginnings of a new testing model. “Dynamic Measurement Modeling: Using Nonlinear Growth Models to Estimate […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
University of Colorado to End Course Fees
BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is eliminating all course and program fees starting in the fall of 2018. The Daily Camera reports that the eliminated fees will collectively save students $8.4 million per year. Chancellor Phil DiStefano announced the commitment to lowering costs for students at the university’s annual State of the Campus […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
University Offers 3-Year Bachelor’s, 1-Year Master’s
There are two major barriers to completing a college degree and they are time and money, according to Paul Percy, provost and executive vice president at Carson-Newman University. “The longer people stay in school, the longer they have to keep finding ways to come up with money, to pay for school and for money to […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
University of Illinois leads $25M military initiative
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois is leading a $25 million initiative to develop an “internet of battlefield things.” Officials say the initiative aims to have humans and technology work together in a seamless network. They say the initiative will connect soldiers with smart technology in armor, radios, weapons and other objects to give […]
October 17, 2017
Academics
N.C. Launches Online University
Two years after receiving a $2 million commitment from the state legislature, an online university formally launched its partnership with North Carolina government last week with an event headlined by Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. The 2015 state budget included a $2 million allocation to Western Governors University, or WGU, even though it already had enrolled […]
October 17, 2017
Academics
Researchers Get $6 M Navy Grant for Research
MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. Navy has awarded a team of computer science researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over $6 million to work on developing technology for better performance, management and security of container software. Containers are programs that help software run while transferring from one computing environment to another. Containers help different elements […]
October 13, 2017
Academics
Partnership Provides Scholarships to Military Spouses
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), a leading nonprofit university devoted exclusively to psychology, and related behavioral health sciences, has partnered with the National Military Family Association (NMFA) to offer eligible NMFA military spouse members scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $16,500. Through this partnership, TCSPP aims to support NMFA’s goal to “help prepare military […]
October 13, 2017
Academics
Office Pushes Entrepreneurship for Military, Spouses, Vets
This week I had the pleasure to meet with Barbara Carson, Veterans Business Development associate administrator. Carson visited Jacksonville Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 to meet with community leaders, entrepreneurs and to participate in the Hiring Our Heroes event aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune to promote awareness about programs and resources available through the […]
October 13, 2017
Academics
UNC-Chapel Hill Accepts $20 M Challenge to Help Military Families
(Chapel Hill, N.C. – Oct. 7, 2017) – With the launch of “For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina” on Oct. 6, 2017, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced a $20 million challenge in support of need-based aid for the children of service men and women. Running through October 2019, the […]
October 13, 2017
Academics
Radford U. Gets $13.8 M Grant of Innovation Online
RADFORD — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Radford University a three-year, $13.8 million grant — the largest in the school’s history — to boost the training of specialized education in rural Appalachia. The grant was announced during President Brian Hemphill’s state of the university address in Bondurant Auditorium Friday. The money will go […]
October 12, 2017
Academics
Army Increases Transition Efforts
WASHINGTON — The Army’s NCO Professional Development System will soon have a new line of effort to better prepare Soldiers once they decide to leave the service, senior leaders announced Tuesday. The system, which is an overhaul of the NCO Education System that began in 1973, now plans to push a greater emphasis on transition […]
October 12, 2017
Academics
Elon University names first woman president
Elon University has named one of its former faculty members and administrative leaders as its ninth president and as its first woman to lead the university. Constance “Connie” Ledoux Book, currently provost of The Citadel, will take the helm on March 1, succeeding President Leo Lambert, who has served in that capacity since 1999 and […]
October 10, 2017
Academics
MOOCs Leave English Learners Behind
With the increasing popularity of the online degree and the widespread availability of massive open online courses (MOOCs), the barriers to entry for higher education haven’t just eroded; they’ve tumbled down. Enrollees have the freedom to complete classes on his or her own schedule from a remote location for a fraction of the cost of […]
October 6, 2017
Academics
Military Leaders Gather for Education Summit
There were 39 stars that fell onto Montgomery. And they all sat on the shoulders of generals. National Guard adjutant generals and other senior National Guard leaders visited Maxwell Air Force Base and Air University on Thursday for a day-long educational orientation summit on Air University’s schools, coursework and other educational programs available to National […]
October 6, 2017
Academics
Closing of Navy College Offices Takes Away Human Touch
NAPLES, Italy — Lawrence Daley credits face-to-face college counseling for his decision to obtain a master’s degree while he was in the Air Force in the early 1990s. Daley, who’s now a counselor at the Naples Navy college office, recalled his counselor’s strongly encouraging him to pursue an advanced degree, which he feels has given […]
October 6, 2017
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