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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

Wounded Veteran Gets Loan Forgiveness and $62 K Tax Bill

BATH TOWNSHIP, Mich.— The I.R.S. is asking a wounded veteran from Michigan to pay $62,000 in income taxes on the federal government’s cancellation of his student loans. First Lt. Will Milzarski served two tours in Afghanistan that left him with a traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder and hearing loss. The federal government canceled $223,000 […]

October 24, 2017

Ky. Community College in Position to Help Veterans Make Career Transition

Kristy Riddell is one semester shy of finishing her associate degree program in business with an accounting track. A single mother of three living in Paducah, Kentucky, Riddell has had her hands full with school and family obligations. “It’s a lot,” Riddell says with a laugh. “And that’s on top of coaching basketball and football […]

October 24, 2017

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Troops to Teachers Eases Shortage for Schools

After a career spent serving their country on the battlefield, some veterans return home to serve in a different way: as teachers, training the young minds of America’s future leaders and thinkers. The skills and experiences veterans acquire during their service are incredibly useful within the classroom. Leadership, flexibility, adaptability, an understanding and appreciation of […]

October 24, 2017

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Lower Ed: Professor Argues That For-Profits Prey On the Vulnerable

There isn’t a concrete definition for the all-too-elusive American Dream. Ideas of this material utopia have different meanings to different people. Nevertheless, this U.S. fantasy has been heavily promoted by self-aggrandizing business and political leaders since America’s inception. From slave masters promising non-slave owners that they could become planters–owners of twenty or more slaves–to for-profit […]

October 24, 2017

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

Lawmaker Offers Apprenticeship Bill to Help With Transition

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — Rep. Beto O’Rourke has introduced a new bill aimed to make it easier for soldiers to find jobs outside of the military. He said the Veteran Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform (VALOR) Act is designed to help streamline apprenticeship programs for troops transitioning into civilian life. O’Rourke said it will […]

October 20, 2017

College Makes It Easier for Vets to Use Credits

Pellissippi State Community College is making it easier for military veterans to receive college credit for their experience. With a state $70,190 Veteran Reconnect grant, Pellissippi State plans by next fall to improve its process for veterans to know what credit they can receive before they enroll in college. Currently about 500 Pellissippi State students […]

October 20, 2017

2 Investigations Confirmed at Air Force Academy

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Cheating by more than a dozen freshman cadets on a test and alleged misconduct by members of the lacrosse team are under separate investigations at the Air Force Academy. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the academy says 13 freshmen were accused of cheating on a test of basic Air Force knowledge. […]

October 20, 2017

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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

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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

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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

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Apollo Global Biggest For-Profit Manager in the World

Back in 2013, the future looked bleak at academic publisher McGraw-Hill. They’d been around for over a century, but with the advent of digital technology, more and more course material was moving online. While they’d been the top dog in the academic publishing just a few years before, they agreed to a $2.4 bn buyout […]

October 20, 2017

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Complaints Yield Millions in Relief for Student Borrowers

The latest annual report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau contains a clear message for borrowers encountering problems with loan servicers: Complain. More specifically, file a complaint with the CFPB. “Complaints by student loan borrowers led to hundreds of millions of dollars in relief and important market reforms,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray, in a […]

October 19, 2017

Army Weighs Extra Pay to Keep Soldiers Fit

As the Army prepares for the possibility of growing its end strength in 2018, the issue of non-deployable soldiers is once again at the forefront of military officials’ minds. About 100,000 soldiers are currently non-deployable in the Army, meaning they cannot fill their position and perform the task for which they were enlisted. But the […]

October 19, 2017

Bill Helps Veterans Transition to Business

U.S. Reps. John Rutherford and Al Lawson, a Republican and Democrat representing Jacksonville, have joined forces on a new piece of veteran-friendly legislation. HR 3965 — the “Veterans Armed for Success Act” — would appropriate $5M for job-related training and “transition assistance” for military veterans. That $5M would go to eligible organizations in the form […]

October 19, 2017

Ohio National Guard: Use U.S. Benefits First

Student National Guardsmen must now apply for federal aid before receiving the state-funded Ohio National Guard scholarship. This will save the state of Ohio money by putting more of the financial responsibility on the federal government. Originally, 100 percent of the tuition costs were covered by the state of Ohio and soldiers were also eligible […]

October 19, 2017

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Western Governors Changing Higher Education Model

Over the past decade, Western Governors University (WGU) has grown at a pace faster than nearly any other postsecondary institution. Indeed, in recent years, many of WGU programs have reported over 30% growth annually. In many respects, WGU’s growth is not a surprise. As an online institution, WGU attracts students in all 50 states, though […]

October 19, 2017