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Section: Academics
Academics
Transitioning: Military to Medicine
At 23 years-old, Christopher Bell had convinced himself he was on the right path. He was a young, up-and-coming financial manager who spent his free time bodybuilding. The combination of fitness and financial success seemed more than enough to keep him motivated. But one day, as Bell sat through yet another monotonous meeting at his […]
July 6, 2018
Academics
West Point Gets 1st Black Superintendent
WEST POINT, N.Y.— Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking Army posts in Europe and Asia, will become the first black officer to command West Point in its 216-year history, academy officials announced Friday. Williams will assume command as the academy’s 60th superintendent during a ceremony Monday […]
July 5, 2018
Academics
How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Military Education
Is the dawn of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons resulting in a new revolution in military affairs? That’s the question posed by a recent article by Frank Hoffman. As with previous such revolutions, technology is not the sole determinant of large shifts in the way military organizations successfully conduct operations. Development of new organizations and […]
July 5, 2018
Academics
Thousands Sign Up for Berkeley Blockchain Training Online
UC Berkeley in 2016 saw the potential for teaching about blockchain with a primary focus on bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies the technology underpins. At the time, about 70 students signed up. Next month, the university will kick off an online professional certificate program for blockchain, a three-month, two-part course focusing on cryptocurrencies and permissioned […]
June 29, 2018
Academics
Questions about Racism and Equity Embroil Coast Guard Academy
NEW LONDON, Conn. — At the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, officers-in-training spend four years together at a riverside campus steeped in shared values of honor, respect and devotion to duty. Yet for all the uniformity, many say the experience can feel vastly different for some minority cadets, compared with whites. African-American cadets, in particular, have […]
June 28, 2018
Academics
Graduate’s Walkout Over Military Sash Ban Touches Some Nerves
In 2016, just as Zachary Field was about to graduate from Orchard Park High School and get ready to join the Army, he called his father, David, with some troubling news: The school was not going to let him wear his military sash over his gown. David Field was not happy and shared his displeasure […]
June 28, 2018
Academics
Navigating Loan Forgiveness
The government created the public service loan forgiveness program with a simple premise: Take a job to help the greater good and get some debt relief down the road. In reality, the process of getting that promised relief has been neither simple nor forgiving. A confusing set of rules and servicers who provided misleading or […]
June 26, 2018
Academics
Ex-Employee of Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tuition Fraud
A woman admitted Friday in federal court to stealing from a Fort Wayne defense contractor through a tuition assistance program. Jessica L. Shutt is the fifth former BAE Systems employee this week to plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne to wire fraud. She admitted taking $12,000 from the tuition assistance program, and […]
June 26, 2018
Academics
Missouri Western Will Allow In-State Tuition for Military
St. Joseph is home to thousands of active military personnel and retired veterans who are working not only to protect and serve but also trying to earn a college degree. For those who reside outside of Missouri but are taking campus courses at Missouri Western State University while being stationed in St. Joseph, or prior […]
June 26, 2018
Academics
Tallahassee College Brings Troops-to-Teachers Back to Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — Tallahassee Community College and the Florida Department of Education have announced a new partnership to bring the Troops to Teachers program back to Florida. Troops to Teachers is a nationwide program designed to help transitioning service members and veterans begin new careers as K-12 school teachers. In Florida, the Troops to […]
June 22, 2018
Academics
Bringing Service to the Classroom
PHOENIX –  Frank Contreras, a 12-year Army veteran who retired as a sergeant, ran a team of five troops who worked in the communications department. But he recently decided on a career he said is just as heroic – and one he believes will have a lasting impact: teaching. “The future of our nation rests […]
June 22, 2018
Academics
Higher Ed Reforms Stalled in House
A bill from the U.S. House education committee is a good start on tackling student loan debt, say supporters, but the legislation still faces hurdles in getting to the House Floor for a vote. An aide familiar with the legislation said that it won’t be scheduled for a vote until the Education and the Workforce […]
June 22, 2018
Academics
Soldiers Eligible for Tuition Aid Right After Advanced Training
WASHINGTON – Soldiers will no longer have to wait one year after completing their Advanced Individual Training to receive tuition assistance. Soon, tuition assistance will be available immediately for Soldiers of all components after AIT. This assumes they meet existing eligibility requirements and have no flags like disciplinary problems or failure of the Army Physical […]
June 22, 2018
Academics
Thousands Attend Mega Career Fair at Fort Hood
Every room at Fort Hood’s Club Hood was filled to capacity Tuesday. Thousands of soldiers, airmen, veterans, civilians and family members rubbed elbows and tried to squeeze past one another, all vying to get information from the 190 businesses and organizations attending the biannual Mega Career Fair hosted by the post’s Soldier for Life/Transition Assistance […]
June 22, 2018
Academics
Slippery Rock Gets More Funding for Troops-to-Teachers
A program to help veterans become teachers in one year at Slippery Rock University has received additional state funding. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has received $1.6 million in federal grant money to extend the Troops to Teachers program for five more years. This program is designed to provide accelerated training toward teaching certifications for […]
June 21, 2018
Academics
New Center Will Aid Veterans
Veterans have always played an important role throughout Western Technical College’s history. Since World War II, Western assisted veterans returning home from war to successfully transition back into the workforce. That work continues to this day. Last year, Western served 879 military connected students. Veteran students had an average GPA of 3.0 and a graduation […]
June 21, 2018
Academics
Princeton Helps Vets Adjust to College
An intensive two-week program being held at Princeton University is designed to help military veterans make the transition from the military to higher education. To ease the transition, the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) is hosting an intensive two-week academic boot camp at Princeton University now through June 24, WSP announced. The Warrior-Scholar Project coordinates immersive academic […]
June 21, 2018
Academics
Air Force Base Office Offers Information, Career Resources
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The mission of the Employment Assistance Program at Barksdale Air Force Base is to support all Department of Defense cardholders in achieving short and long-term employment, by providing resources for education, training and career goals. Located at the Airman and Family Readiness Center, the EAP provides individual services to […]
June 19, 2018
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