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Section: Academics
Academics
Navy Wants to Expand Seal Training in Parks
The Navy wants to step up special-operations training at state parks along Western Washington coastlines, releasing a proposal that would more than quintuple the number of sites. The Navy currently has a permit to conduct exercises at five state parks. The preferred option in a planning document calls for the possible use of 29 parks ranging from […]
March 15, 2018
Academics
5 Midshipmen Face Discipline Over Drug Use
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Authorities at the U.S. Naval Academy have started a disciplinary process against five midshipmen for drug use and failure to report others’ illegal conduct. Academy spokesman Cmdr. David McKinney says the illicit drugs in question are cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and hallucinogenic mushrooms. McKinney said in a Monday statement that administrative discipline could […]
March 13, 2018
Academics
Vets’ Nursing B.S. Program Gets $100,000 Grant
The University of Michigan-Flint’s (UM-Flint) Veterans Bachelor of Science in Nursing (VBSN) program was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation as part of its commitment to improve the lives of US military personnel, veterans, and their families. The grant will be used to develop and implement a Vet2Vet Support Specialist Program dedicated […]
March 13, 2018
Academics
Fort’s Program Links Service Members to Jobs
In her time as a navigator for the Military Corps Career Connect program, Denise Bourdeaux has linked more than 100 service members and military spouses with training for the civilian workforce. Now, she’s bringing her work to Fort Detrick with the help of program director Shauna Donahue and members of the Fort Detrick Alliance. Read […]
March 13, 2018
Academics
Western Illinois Increases Support for Military Students
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University’s decades-long missions of serving veterans and active duty members of the armed forces continues as new initiatives have been put into place to provide further support to these individuals. “Last fall, in advancing our military relations, Vice President for Quad Cities and Planning Joe Rives worked with nine military […]
March 9, 2018
Academics
International Military Student Officers Win Awards
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Seven International Military Student Officers (IMSO) received the 2017 IMSO of the Year Award during the 27th Maritime IMSO Workshop Feb. 27. Civilian and military administrators who work with international military students (IMS) attend the three-day event to network and discuss topics related to the unique requirements of managing international training programs. […]
March 9, 2018
Academics
Call to Duty Doesn’t Stop Their Studies
Jonathan Gourley’s name wasn’t called at MSU Denver’s fall 2017 commencement ceremony, but the physics major’s name was in the program, and he certainly earned his degree. He just missed the ceremony because he had to work. His work is important. Gourley is a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. He was called to active […]
March 9, 2018
Academics
Marines Ramp Up Training in Arctic Conditions
Marines with the Marine Rotational Force Europe are putting the Corps motto “in every clime and place” to the test as they continue with Arctic exercises amid below-zero temperatures in northern Scandinavia. About 300 Marines just finished exercise White Claymore earlier this month, a cold-weather drill that put Marines on skis to learn to fight […]
March 9, 2018
Academics
Foundation Donates $5 Million to Transition Program
ARLINGTON, Va – The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation announced a $5 million, multi-year  investment in the USO PathfinderSM transition services program, which is dedicated to helping service members and their families chart the path from military service to thriving veteran status. The funds will help ensure transitioning service members and their families have access to USO […]
March 8, 2018
Academics
Navy Partnerships Will Advance Science, Technology Careers
West Bethesda, Md and Indian Head, Md. U.S. Navy officials entered into an educational partnership agreement with the University of Iowa and Morgan State University (MSU). The focus of each partnership will aid in the education experience of the students and advance science and technical careers. The goal of the educational partnership between the University […]
March 8, 2018
Academics
BMW Starts Camp Training Program for Transitioning Marines
What does the German automaker BMW have to do with military training? Lots, it turns out. The Germany auto company is starting a training program at Camp Pendleton for Marines getting ready to transition out. Essentially, they learn how to make quick hardware and software fixes on the shop floor. The programs only produce a few dozen […]
March 8, 2018
Academics
Female Marines First to Train for Combat
SAN DIEGO (KSWB) – Female Marines arrived Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to begin the first phase of a combat training course that, on the West Coast, was previously open only to males. It was the first time ever female students had checked in to Marine Combat Training at the School of Infantry […]
March 8, 2018
Academics
Report: 70% of Youth Ineligible, Unfit for U.S. Military
Of the 34 million youth aged 17 to 24 in the United States, only 29 percent could actually serve, according to a report from The Heritage Foundation. As the military relies on volunteers to fill ranks each year, it’s a crisis authors Thomas Spoehr and Bridget Handy say is not in the future; it’s here […]
March 8, 2018
Academics
Action Needed to Address Gaps in Physician Specialties
The Department of Defense (DOD) has experienced gaps between its physician authorizations (i.e., funded positions) and end strengths (i.e., number of physicians). Its overall approach to address these gaps focuses on the individual service components relying on the scholarship program, University, and other programs to recruit and retain physicians. However, this approach does not include […]
March 6, 2018
Academics
Teachers Go to Boot Camp to Learn About Marines
A group of educators from the Twin Cities and surrounding states stepped off a bus at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot in San Diego and tried to keep up as a drill instructor barked orders. They stood on the infamous yellow footprints — the footprints that every Marine stands on when he or she first […]
March 6, 2018
Academics
Western Governors Growing Despite Dispute
Last September, Western Governors University was told that it may owe up to $712 million to the federal government. The fine was recommended after an auditor’s report concluded the school was offering what amount to “correspondence courses” rather than courses that meet all the specific criteria needed to qualify for financial aid eligibility under Title IV of […]
March 6, 2018
Academics
Competency-Based Learning Has Precedence
The notion of competency-based learning is nothing new. It has been adopted by several online colleges, charter schools, districts and for-profit educators. As a measure of how mainstream the concept is, even some states have implemented competency-based learning standards for their high school students. In 2010, Michigan passed seat-time waiver legislation, allowing districts that would […]
March 6, 2018
Academics
Combat to Classroom: Navigating the Transition
Since the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions in 2003, more than 500,000 service members have entered into post-secondary education. While the military offers financial support to veterans transitioning from combat to classroom, it doesn’t address one recurring issue that student vets face: Self-esteem while in the classroom. “I did feel a bit nervous competing with people […]
March 6, 2018
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