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Section: Academics
Academics
Marines and Sailors Could Soon Get College Credit for Military Education
Sailors and Marines could soon be eligible for real-world college credit for all that classroom time they put into career training and professional military education. Navy leaders are pushing to stand up the new Naval Community College by 2021. The school will offer Marines and sailors free associate’s degrees and college credits that are easily […]
October 18, 2019
Academics
Military Trains Students for School and Army
By the time the clock hits 5:45 a.m., John Arrieta, accounting senior, is up and moving. Forming up for physical training, held in the early hours of the morning three times a week outside the Tulane University gymnasium, Arrieta prepares for the various workouts that the training brings. Arrieta is a member of the Orleans […]
October 6, 2019
Academics
Academy Celebrates Military, Academic Career of Former Dean Armacost at Retirement Ceremony
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Brigadier Gen. Andy Armacost said goodbye to the Air Force Academy Sept. 13. You could tell it wasn’t easy for the school’s former dean or his family, friends and coworkers to accept, but there he was, capping-off a 30-year military career with an official retirement ceremony in Arnold Hall. […]
September 20, 2019
Academics
Kansas Board of Regents Launches Military Portal
The Kansas Board of Regents launched its Military Articulation Portal Aug. 27. The portal provides a central resource for military members and veterans to explore the course credit available to them at public post-secondary institutions in Kansas. Many Kansas colleges and universities offer college credit for military experience. “The Kansas Board of Regents is leading […]
September 13, 2019
Academics
Training Proposed to Better Serve Veteran Students
BOSTON — There are more than 3,600 veterans attending public higher education institutions in Massachusetts, and a state lawmaker from Westford is pitching a bill he says will help those students and active-duty military members transition to life on campus. Rep. James Arciero’s bill would task the University of Massachusetts Medical School with implementing a […]
September 13, 2019
Academics
Program Helps Prepare and Educate Veterans for Self-Employment
As a way to provide veterans, active military members and their spouses with resources, support and workforce training, Hillsborough Community College (HCC) has established an entrepreneurship program. In partnership with Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), Hillsborough Community College launched the program Startup Training Resources to Inspire Veteran Entrepreneurship (STRIVE). HCC is […]
September 6, 2019
Academics
National Program Introduces College to Service Members
To help military service members prepare for the transition into college, Cornell University recently hosted a weeklong academic boot camp as part of a nationwide initiative. The program, Warrior-Scholars Project (WSP), offers free college preparatory classes to current and retired enlisted service members. It gives military members the opportunity to gain some college experience, skills […]
September 6, 2019
Academics
WGU North Carolina and Veterans Bridge Home Announce New Veterans Appreciation Scholarships
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ WGU North Carolina Chancellor Catherine Truitt made a special trip from Durham to Charlotte yesterday to attend Veterans Bridge Home’s monthly Uptown Lunch and make a special announcement with VBH Executive Director Blake Bourne. WGU North Carolina is partnering with VBH to offer eight Veterans Appreciation Scholarships to military […]
August 16, 2019
Academics
Gwinnett Tech to Offer Four-Year Business Degree by Partnering With The Citadel
Gwinnett Technical College is one of eight Georgia two-year colleges and 27 in the southeast and midwest that will utilize a partnership with a South Carolina military college to expand its business degree offerings. Gwinnett Tech and The Citadel will make a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree available to students. Eligible students would […]
August 9, 2019
Academics
Service Academy Hopefuls Arrive at Georgia Military College
The 141st Georgia Military College Corps of Cadets will begin the new school year with the most Service Academy Scholars in the history of the program with 45, an increase from last year’s 24 Scholars. Currently, GMC is an affiliated preparatory school for the United States Military Academy–West Point, the United States Coast Guard Academy, […]
August 2, 2019
Academics
Federal Board Reinstates Naval Academy Professor
A U.S. Naval Academy professor who was removed by the academy after an investigation into his conduct in class was reinstated to his job by a federal board Wednesday. The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board ordered the reinstatement of Bruce Fleming with back pay within 20 days. The English professor was removed in August. Read More
July 27, 2019
Academics
How Young Troops Could Be Getting Hosed On Their Military Education Benefits
Lawmakers are considering overhauling the Montgomery GI Bill program amid concerns from advocates that most new service members are paying into the education benefit despite no real value to them. “(The Montgomery GI Bill) is now little more than a superfluous tax on troops,” Will Hubbard, chief of staff of Student Veterans of America, told lawmakers during a […]
July 21, 2019
Academics
Military Eyes 16-Year-Olds As Ranks And Candidates Dwindle
The best way to fix the U.S. armed forces’ recruiting challenges may involve dipping further into the nation’s high schools. As the Army, Navy and other services contend with a thriving economy and a directive to expand their ranks, there is a growing debate over whether the military should consider lowering the minimum enlistment age from […]
July 21, 2019
Academics
State Offers Higher Education Equality For Military And Family Members
North Carolina law says that any member of the armed services qualifying for admission to an institution of higher education but not qualifying as a resident for tuition purposes shall be charged the in-state tuition rate for enrollments while a member of armed services. Dependents and spouses of active-duty service members using Post 9/11 GI […]
July 14, 2019
Academics
Should You Go To College After The Military? Here’s How To Decide
Those leaving the military have several choices. For many, the Post-9/11 GI Bill makes heading back to school a very attractive choice. But even if college sounds good, you might still be struggling to make the decision. How do you choose what to do? How do you know what school to attend? It’s important to […]
July 7, 2019
Academics
What Are The Benefits Of Going To College While In The Military?
In the past, military personnel would waste a lot of their spare time doing stuff like reading magazines and playing card games in the barracks. Nowadays, this has changed. Currently, there are more uniformed men and women using their free time to educate themselves than ever before. There has been a lot of praise when […]
July 7, 2019
Academics
Online Program Is Helping Military Members And Spouses Get Law Degrees
From Okinawa to Germany and bases in the U.S., military spouses and active-duty troops are attending a law school in upstate New York, thanks to the first online program accredited by the American Bar Association. “You just click on the link,” Veronica Edmonds, wife of an Army Specialist in Vilseck, Germany, said of how she attends class […]
June 23, 2019
Academics
New Military Program Coming to College of Charleston
A new military veteran program is coming to the College of Charleston. Beginning in spring 2020, the College will officially accept military transfer credits. Veterans will be able to use their military service and training courses for elective credit. Read More
June 23, 2019
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