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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
Veterans
25 Programs Bringing Veterans Into Agriculture
In honor of the Fourth of July, Food Tank is celebrating military veterans by highlighting 25 organizations around the United States that help veterans transition to healthy, meaningful civilian lives in agriculture. By providing a roadmap to a career in farming, these companies, NGOs, and universities are helping veterans translate their skills and discipline from […]
June 29, 2018
Other News
What Drives High Tuition for Online Programs
Most online college programs cost the same as on-campus alternatives. Some even cost more. There’s evidence that pricey online tuitions may be driven by hidden, expensive costs in designing, delivering and marketing those programs. Still, online programs at some schools are generating profit. Read More
June 29, 2018
Veterans
Arms 2 Artisans Gives Transitioning Service Members a Future
When Torie Fisher finished her first combat tour of the Middle East, she, like many other young veterans, tried to find a job and establish new roots. Though the then-21-year-old had already carried more responsibilities than what most do in a lifetime, she didn’t have a degree, a professional certificate or any translatable skills. After quitting […]
June 29, 2018
Other News
Law Would Veterans Keep Overpayments
The Department of Veterans Affairs has accidentally overpaid hundreds of thousands sending some into debt when the government agency asked them to pay it back. But, new legislation sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown aims to prevent that from happening in the first place. The U.S. Senate earlier this week passed Brown’s amendment to the Military […]
June 29, 2018
Policy
Judge Tosses California Suit Over Student Debt
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit June 27 by the state of California accusing the Trump administration of illegally reneging on an Obama-era commitment to quickly forgive the loans of students defrauded by the Corinthian for-profit college chain. The state had failed to establish it had the right to bring the […]
June 29, 2018
Veterans
V.A. Nominee Hears Challenge to Fix Morale Crisis
Senate lawmakers told Robert Wilkie on Wednesday that he will face a workforce beset by poor morale if he is confirmed to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, and that he must fix the problem if he is to stabilize the troubled agency. “Of all the challenges we have at VA, morale may be the […]
June 29, 2018
Veterans
School Surprises 92-year-old WWII Veteran With High School Diploma
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A New Jersey township high school has surprised a 92-year-old World War II veteran with the high school diploma he would have earned if he hadn’t dropped out to join the Army. Vito Trause was presented with his “East Rutherford High School” diploma Wednesday, in a nod to Becton Regional High […]
June 28, 2018
Veterans
American Legion Looks to Modernize
KEARNEY, Neb. — The four families of the American Legion are coming together in Kearney this week as they hold their bi–annual state convention with a mission to take the organization into the future. The American Legion has a new mission in its fight to advocate for veterans and their families, and that mission is to […]
June 28, 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
Other News
Oklahoma Looks to Troops-to-Teacher Program to Ease Gap
TULSA, Oklahoma – The Oklahoma Department of Education is hoping veterans can help fight our teacher shortage crisis. The program is called Troops to Teachers, it’s been around for decades, and Oklahoma is one of only a handful of states awarded more than a million dollars in grant money for the program. With this new […]
June 28, 2018
Other News
What Happens When a Public University Buys For-Profit, Online School?
When leaders of Purdue University wanted to move into online education, they took the unusual step of buying an existing online university, a big one with 30,000 students. And here’s the most surprising part: that online school it bought, Kaplan University, was a for-profit business—part of a sector that’s been criticized for high costs and […]
June 28, 2018
Policy
Kaine’s Military Spouse Bill Provides Model for Democrats to Reach Women
When America’s military service members were faced with widespread unemployment five years ago, lawmakers like Sen. Tim Kaine sprang into action to get those who sacrificed for their country back to work. Now, the Virginia Democrat says the same unemployment crisis is plaguing military spouses, a group of women and men — but mostly women […]
June 28, 2018
Other News
Follow the Money
When 39 university associations send an open letter to Congress expressing “grave reservations” about proposed legislation, you can be sure that money is involved. No matter how they describe their concern about students, our colleges and universities have spent money at a pace well above inflation for decades, and they have raised tuition and fees […]
June 26, 2018
Veterans
$1 Million Gift to Support Research and Education
MILWAUKEE _ The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received a $1 million gift from Mrs. Billie Kubly to establish the Dr. Michael C. Kubly Military & Veterans Mental Health Endowment. The endowment was named in honor of Mrs. Kubly’s late husband, a veteran and renowned orthopedic surgeon in Milwaukee who died in January. Mrs. Kubly has […]
June 26, 2018
Policy
Rule Change Will Help Military Spouses
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – For dozens of military families, school this upcoming year may be the opportunity they were looking for. From here on out military spouses have fewer hurdles to jump through to teach in the state. “That’s a huge step forward for Nebraska,” said Meagan Patton-Paulson. Patton-Paulson’s husband is in the military. “I […]
June 26, 2018
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