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Section: Other News
Other News
Should Short-Term Programs Get Federal Aid?
Last month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos convened a Higher Education Summit. Attendees included non-profit higher education officers and leaders of various for-profit business heads. They met in Washington, D.C. over a four hour period. One of the attendees, Kathleen Plinske of Valencia College in Central Florida, made an interesting recommendation. According to the Department of […]
February 16, 2018
Veterans
Council Seeks Resignation of Teacher Over Anti-Military Rant
PICO RIVERA, Calif. — City Council members in a Los Angeles suburb passed a resolution February 13 condemning and asking for the resignation of one of their colleagues who in his work as a school teacher called members of the U.S. military “the lowest of our low.” “God bless America!” one Pico Rivera councilman shouted […]
February 15, 2018
Academics
Test Center Engineers Like Fellowship Experience
The Redstone Test Center has hosted the current fellows in the Defense Acquisition University Senior Service College Fellowship program. Among this session’s fellows are two RTC teammates, both chief engineers at the center in their respective directorates. The center had the chance to “debrief” the two fellows on their experience of going through this prestigious […]
February 15, 2018
Other News
Prosper Act Would Increase Federal Education Spending
Late last year, House Republicans proposed a major reform of the federal government’s student aid programs for higher education. The Congressional Budget Office recently released its official score of the bill, which is dubbed the Prosper Act. Republicans have latched onto the score to defend the bill as an act of fiscal responsibility, while Democrats […]
February 15, 2018
Academics
ABA Proposes Looser Rule on Online Credits
The American Bar Association has proposed loosening its rules on online education. In an announcement posted Monday, they stated, “The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the American Bar Association’s accreditor of law schools, is proposing a new rule for distance education that would nearly double the number of […]
February 15, 2018
Veterans
Graduate Student Prepares for Emergency Management Career
When Kyle Grant retired from the military in 2014, he was more motivated than ever to complete his education. He immediately started taking classes at Kingsborough College, where he completed his associate degree, and then transferred to John Jay for his bachelor’s in Security Management. After earning his BS in the spring, he is now […]
February 15, 2018
Other News
Trump Would Ax All Funds for D.C. College Students
President Trump’s proposed budget would remove all federal funding for a program that helps D.C. residents cover the cost of college. The budget would cut out funding entirely for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant over “a lack of a clear federal role for supporting the cost of higher education specifically for District residents,” The Washington […]
February 15, 2018
Other News
Budget Proposes Deep Cuts in Student Aid
The Trump administration is seeking to slash nearly $4 billion in annual funding for student aid programs, but the two-year budget deal signed into law last week complicates that proposal. President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a fiscal 2019 budget Monday that rehashes many of the proposals floated by the White House […]
February 15, 2018
Academics
Bill Aims to Smooth Transition to Civilian Life
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) has put forth a bipartisan measure to better help separating active-duty military personnel get back into the swing of civilian life and work. Rep. Curbelo on Feb. 6 introduced the Better Access to Technical Training, Learning, and Entrepreneurship for Servicemembers Act, or the BATTLE for Servicemembers Act, H.R. 4954, along […]
February 13, 2018
Academics
Transition Director Meets with Stakeholders in Hawaii
Soldiers attending an employment readiness workshop for retirees at the Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program Center, here, got an unexpected opportunity to exchange ideas with an influential member of the program on Feb 1. Retired Col. Walter M. Herd, Army Transition Division director at the Human Resources Command Center of Excellence, oversees SFL-TAP and led […]
February 13, 2018
Academics
Air Force Rolls Out Physical Training Standards for Some Fields
Air liaison officers and tactical air control party operators will soon see new career field-specific physical testing as the Air Force expands physical training beyond the standard PT test, officials announced Wednesday. It marks the first time specific career fields will have “occupationally specific and operationally relevant standards, as well as a second fitness assessment,” […]
February 13, 2018
Other News
Marine Corps Drops Obstacle for Infantry Women
With no notice and little formal explanation, the Marine Corps altered one of its notoriously grueling rites of passage late last year, changing the combat endurance test on the first day of its Infantry Officer Course from a pass/fail requirement to an unscored exercise. Officials with Marine Corps Training and Education Command confirmed to Military.com […]
February 13, 2018
Academics
Spouses Find Job Barriers as They Trail Service Members
Lakesha Cole has been through six deployments and five base transfers as a spouse of a Marine. Each move has represented an exhausting, if familiar routine: There’s the task of packing and unpacking an entire home. Of enrolling three children under the age of 13 in new schools, and tracking down available child care. Of […]
February 13, 2018
Academics
Uniformed Service University Offers Opportunities
Enlisted service members have often been referred to as the backbone of the military for their support, leadership, willingness to get the job done, and thirst for knowledge. Retaining dedicated, talented troops is important to ensuring that their experience is passed on to the next generation of noncommissioned officers and to preparing them for careers […]
February 13, 2018
Other News
Congress Makes Progress on Higher Ed Bill
Congress might be log-jammed, with all eyes focused on blockbuster issues like Russian interference with U.S. elections, ensuing FBI investigations, the latest looming government shutdown and a tight deadline for a legislative fix to protect from deportation the hundreds of thousands of young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. But under the radar […]
February 13, 2018
Veterans
Navajo Nation Increases Veterans Trust Fund
FARMINGTON — Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye signed a bill on Monday to increase funding from the tribe’s Veterans Trust Fund for programs and services that benefit Navajo veterans. The Veterans Trust Fund was established in July 1998 to provide funding for veterans programs, projects or services such as housing, financial assistance, education, employment training […]
February 9, 2018
Other News
Brigadier General to Head Army Cyber Command
Brig. Gen. Jennifer G. Buckner, deputy commander, Joint Task Force-ARES, United States Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Md., has been promoted to director of Cyber, G-3/5/7, United States Army, Washington, District of Columbia. Buckner is a native of Downers Grove, Ill., and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1990. Her military […]
February 9, 2018
Academics
Nursing Program That Caters to Military Marks 50th Year
NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) — Over the course of five decades, the Old Dominion University School of Nursing has produced more than 6,000 graduates. Many of the students, up to 40 percent, have some sort of military connection. Either they’re in the military themselves, they’re a military spouse, or they are a vet. Navy wife Jordan […]
February 9, 2018
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