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Posse Program Brings Veterans to Wesleyan, Broadening Perspectives on Campus

While 21 percent of college students attend high-graduation rate colleges or universities like Wesleyan, only 10 percent of veterans do so, according to a 2019 report by research group Ithaka S+R. The Posse Foundation, in conjunction with the University of Chicago, Vassar College, the University of Virginia, and Wesleyan University, aims to boost those numbers. […]

February 7, 2020

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OPINION: Military Recruiters Targeting Working Class Students is Unacceptable

Military recruiters have long been a presence on college campuses. However, it’s a presence that targets students with financial issues to further boost conscription numbers in an era when the U.S. military has been consistently engaged in conflict abroad for nearly twenty years. Although the U.S. ended the draft in 1973, economic pressure leads many working […]

January 31, 2020

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Sexual Assault Reports by Cadets, Midshipmen at Military Academies Surge by 32%

WASHINGTON – Reports of sexual assault by cadets and midshipmen at the nation’s military academies jumped 32% during the past school year, reflecting increases in those crimes and a greater willingness to report them, according to a Pentagon report obtained by USA TODAY. There were 122 reports of sexual assault during the 2018-19 school year, compared […]

January 31, 2020

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How Historically Black Colleges and Universities Aid Military Preparedness

Historically black colleges and universities have been an integral part of the U.S. military’s competitive edge, according to participants in a panel discussion Thursday at The Heritage Foundation’s inaugural forum on HBCUs. The panel discussion—hosted by James Carafano, a national security expert at The Heritage Foundation—laid out the role HBCUs play in ensuring military readiness and national […]

January 31, 2020

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Liberty University Slams Northam’s Proposed Cut to Online Tuition Aid

Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposal to cut Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG) aid for online students would negatively impact more than 2,000 students per year at Liberty University alone, the state’s largest university by enrollment stated in a news release issued Friday. Currently being considered by the new Democratic-majority General Assembly, the governor’s proposed budget calls […]

January 31, 2020

VA Looks to Streamline Use Military Discharge Data

The Department of Veterans Affairs is working with the Department of Defense to accelerate the authoritative use of digital military discharge form data for veterans services. Issued by DOD upon a service member’s retirement, separation or discharge from any military branch, the DD 214 summarizes their service, medals and awards. The form is also the […]

January 24, 2020

Bloomsburg University Added to List of National Guard-Friendly Schools

Bloomsburg University has been added to the list of 30 colleges and universities designated as Guard-Friendly Schools by the Pennsylvania National Guard Association (PNGAS). Locally, Bloomsburg joins Penn College and Mansfield University in this designation which recognizes colleges, universities, and trade schools that meet or exceed 10 baseline criteria that support members of the Pennsylvania Guard […]

January 24, 2020

FAFSA and Selective Service: Will Applying for Financial Aid Get Me Drafted?

If you want to access federal financial aid for college, you will need to register for Selective Service, which registers men and is responsible for running a military draft. The requirement is nothing new. Submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid doesn’t mean you will be drafted into the military. But not completing the FAFSA to avoid […]

January 24, 2020

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Bills Granting Priority Course Registration, College Credit to Military Members Becomes Law

TRENTON – Making the path to higher education easier for New Jersey service members and veterans, two bills sponsored by Assembly Democrats to assist with college course registration and to award credit for their learned skills were signed into law Jan. 13. According to a release, the first law (formerly bill A-790) provides both former and […]

January 24, 2020

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Army Reassures Nervous Teenagers After Draft Scam

Scammers frequently say they’re with the IRS or local police agencies, but they took a new fake identity as tensions rose with Iran this month: the Selective Service Administration. Hundreds of young people across America got the bogus text message sent to their phones telling them they’d been drafted for military service, the Army said […]

January 10, 2020

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Augusta University Incentivizes Troops to Become Teachers

AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) — A program at Augusta University is teaching military service members to serve in a new way. It’s called Troops to Teachers and it benefits more than just the students. Amanda Woods says she went to boot camp right after she finished high school. But after making the transition to teaching sixth […]

January 10, 2020

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A More Inclusive Military

Crowned Ms. Veteran Delmarva 2020 in September, Master Sgt. Jewell Robinson has set her eyes on a goal that goes beyond sparkles and a sash.

January 10, 2020

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Riverside Military Academy Hires Former Georgia Gwinnett College Dean

Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville announced former Georgia Gwinnett College dean Cathy Moore as the school’s the new academic dean. She recently retired from GGC where she served for 13 years as the college’s first Dean of the School of Education. She was instrumental in developing academic programs that prepared future teachers for careers in […]

January 6, 2020

Schatz Secures $1.1 Mil for New ROTC Program at UH-Mānoa

US Sen. Brian Schatz helped secure $1.1 million for a first-ever Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The funding was included in the bipartisan spending deal signed into law by the president this month. Read More

January 6, 2020

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Caldwell University Agrees to Pay More Than $4.8 Million to Resolve Allegations of Violating False Claims Act

NEWARK, N.J. – Caldwell University has agreed to pay the United States more than $4.8 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a fraudulent scheme to defraud a federal education benefit program, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. “Caldwell University tried to hoodwink the Department of Veterans Affairs and, worse, veterans themselves, by claiming to […]

January 6, 2020

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College Students Panic Over FAFSA’s Fine Print About Registering for the Draft

After a U.S. airstrike killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds military force, in Baghdad on Thursday, Iran vowed “crushing revenge” against all responsible. Now, with #NoWarinIran, #TrumpsWar and #WorldWarIII trending on Twitter, users are looking into the draft — and how the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) could play into their […]

January 6, 2020

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University of Phoenix Agrees to Cancel $141M in Student Loan Debt to Settle ‘Deceptive’ Advertising Case

(AP) – The University of Phoenix and its parent company have agreed to pay $50 million in cash and cancel $141 million in student debt to settle allegations of deceptive advertisement brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The deal, announced Tuesday, settles a dispute over an ad campaign the for-profit college unrolled in 2012 touting […]

December 15, 2019

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The Navy’s New Proposed Community College Initiative

One of the initiatives that came out of the Navy’s Education for Seapower report was increasing the emphasis across the board in the educating of sailors and Marines at all levels. In the report, it found that the best way for the Navy to prepare for a certain uncertain future is to develop the force […]

December 15, 2019

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