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Modern States Offering Free Online Courses
A college education is one of the largest expenses a person may face in a lifetime, second only to buying a home. Now free of charge, Modern States Education Alliance is now offering 40 on-line college courses tuition free and for credit to anyone who wants it. Steve Klinsky is founder of and CEO of […]
September 22, 2017
Other News
Udacity Offers “Flying Car” Degree Program
In the past year, flying cars have gone from LOL, to maybe a real thing, to a booming industry raking in VC cash and churning out sweet renderings of an aerial future. The chance to trigger the next great transportation revolution has drawn in big companies, like Airbus and Uber, big names, like Google’s Larry […]
September 22, 2017
Veterans
Cal State San Marcos Gets $1 Million Gift for Vet Center
Cal State San Marcos officials announced that the school received a $1 million donation from the San Diego-based Epstein Family Foundation to support its center for student military veterans. The money will endow programs and pay for an expansion of the center to double its current size. “This gift from the Epstein family is truly […]
September 22, 2017
Veterans
USC Hosts Conference on Veterans, Military Families
Los Angeles, California – The Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, or “CIR” (pronounced “Sir”), at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is once again presenting a conference aimed at addressing the critical issues facing today’s veterans. The State of the American Veteran Conference 2017 (Sept. 28 – 29, […]
September 22, 2017
Academics
What Is the Future of Accreditation?
While the state of the nation’s current higher education accreditation systems has many education advocates concerned, a Seton Hall professor writes in a new report that any federal legislative changes could be difficult. “There’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the current accreditation system, in terms of the speed at which it operates and in terms […]
September 22, 2017
Other News
Udacity Starting Program on Self-Drive Cars
Online learning platform Udacity is opening up registration for a ‘Intro to Self-Driving Cars’ Nanodegree Program. The course was planned based on the response to the advanced program with the same name. To enroll into the intro program, one needs to have some programming experience and knowledge of algebra. The students will get to build […]
September 21, 2017
Academics
Free Tuition Draws Students to Online University
Jeanette Oehlers of Willmar despaired of ever finishing college. By her account, she was already deeply in debt and at least two years away from earning her degree. That’s when her father-in-law decided to search the internet. “Hey, I found a university for you,” he told her. Ads by ZINC “How much money?” she asked. […]
September 21, 2017
Academics
Military College Alumni Group Wins Right to Icon
Former students at the oldest military school west of the Mississippi River are getting ownership of a coveted monument. The alumni association of the recently closed Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexigton was fighting to retain control over a 94 year-old World War I Doughboy statue. Since its founding 137 years ago in the […]
September 21, 2017
Other News
Army: Hire-a-Soldier Campaign Reaches Millions
Recently, the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP) held its first ever social media campaign to bring awareness to the hiring of transitioning Soldiers, reaching almost 4 million Twitter users in a single day. The events included Facebook Live guest speakers sharing their transition experience and advice, various graphics, reasons to hire a […]
September 21, 2017
Other News
Columbia U. Military Group Disappointed by Dean’s Statement
A student military association at Columbia University’s law school is disappointed by a dean’s letter last week that implied military recruiters are only welcome on campus because the school needs federal funding. In the letter, which was viewed by Fox News, the Columbia Law School Military Association said Dean Gillian Lester’s “vociferous objection” to military […]
September 21, 2017
Academics
Catalyst Leaves Maxwell Base’s Air University
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A pair of ornate brass door knobs with an American Eagle etched on each side seemed out of place as they have held a spot of honor on the glass-topped desk in Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast’s office for the last three years. They were perhaps two of the smallest mementos Kwast, the […]
September 21, 2017
Policy
Purdue-Kaplan Online Plan Clears Federal Hurdle
Purdue University says the U.S. Department of Education has signed off on the college’s plan to buy Kaplan University, a for-profit, online school. The federal department’s determination, issued after a review of a “pre-acquisition application” submitted by the parties, confirms the federal regulatory agency will give its approval when the sale goes through, Purdue said […]
September 21, 2017
Other News
Law Allows Credit for Military Training
ALTON – To help veterans obtain advanced certifications and degrees, state Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, recently passed legislation to make it easier for veterans to apply their military training to current coursework while enrolled in higher education. “Members of our military are extremely well trained, but this training does not carry over as academic credit […]
September 19, 2017
Academics
Digital Court Reporting Program Focuses on Military
Tidewater Community College has added a new digital court reporting program targeting military students. The program, which is sponsored by the college’s Center for Military and Veterans Education, will provide training in audio and video equipment, court and deposition procedures and the advanced digital court reporting processes. Military-related students are able to use their GI […]
September 19, 2017
Other News
California Invests $200 Million in Voc Ed
More Americans are going to college than ever before. The most recent census found that 33.4 percent of adults over the age of 24 have earned a bachelor’s degree or more. Kurt Bauman, Chief of the Education and Social Stratification Branch for the U.S. Census describes this as, “a significant milestone” for the country. For […]
September 19, 2017
Other News
House Bill Provides Billions More for Military
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion spending bill that provides billions more dollars for the military while sparing medical research and popular community development programs from deep cuts sought by President Donald Trump. The vote was 211-198 for the massive measure that wrapped the 12 annual spending bills […]
September 19, 2017
Other News
World’s Most-Expensive Education? College in U.S.
The price of a college degree is more expensive in America than anywhere else in the world, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The OECD looked at public and private college costs in its 35 member countries and found that higher education is priciest in the United States […]
September 19, 2017
Academics
The Education of Donald Trump: Military Advisers School Him
NEW YORK — On a sweltering Washington summer day, President Donald Trump’s motorcade pulled up to the Pentagon for a meeting largely billed as a briefing on the Afghanistan conflict and the fight against the Islamic State group. There, in the windowless meeting room known as “The Tank”, Trump was to be briefed on the […]
September 19, 2017
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