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Funding
9 College Scholarships For Military Children
If you have a high school senior graduating in 2019, then it’s the perfect time to start thinking about college. If you haven’t planned on using the GI BILL for them, there are many scholarships for military children that they can apply for. Read More
March 14, 2019
Veterans
This For-Profit College Left One Veteran With $101,000 in Debt And a Sketchy Degree: Testimony
DeVry University promised Navy veteran Eric Luongo an education that would land him a good job in graphic design — and cost him nothing out-of-pocket, he told lawmakers. Instead, he ended up with a degree that employers didn’t respect and more than $100,000 in student loan debt. “I never thought that I would be subject […]
March 14, 2019
Policy
Jones Urges Senate to Support the Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act
Tuesday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to call for an end to the military widow’s tax by passing his bipartisan legislation, the Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act of 2019. Senator Jones introduced the legislation last week with the support of 34 bipartisan cosponsors and key national advocacy […]
March 14, 2019
Academics
Alumni Petition Follows President’s Resignation at Valley Forge Military Academy
The sudden resignation of Valley Forge Military Academy & College’s president has prompted an outcry from alumni who believe he should be reinstated. Major Gen. Walter T. Lord, who was appointed president last April, submitted his letter of resignation this week over what he termed a “philosophical disagreement” with board chairman John English. Read More
March 14, 2019
Academics
New Group Wants to be Strong Voice For Military Kids’ Education
Advocates with a special interest in the well-being of military children have launched an advisory group that pulls in a number of organizations that have long worked to help ensure military children have the best educational opportunities possible. “Military-connected students and their families deserve educational options that move them forward and shape their tomorrows with great positive […]
March 12, 2019
Veterans
Proposed VA Budget Will Not Expand Private Care Funding, Officials Say
Roughly a fifth of President Donald Trump’s proposed $87 billion fiscal 2020 budget for Department of Veterans Affairs medical care would go to its community-care programs, an allocation VA officials say is consistent with previous years and not an expansion of private care. Eager to point out that the VA is committed to providing the majority of […]
March 12, 2019
Funding
How a Military Family Can Save For a Child’s College Fund
The moment your child is born the clock starts ticking towards the thought of higher education and what the future may bring. If you are a military family, your family’s service and sacrifices may have earned you benefits to assist in your child’s education through the post 9/11 GI Bill making it seem less critical […]
March 12, 2019
Policy
The Pipeline Between the Military and The Academy, And What it Means
Last Friday the University of Texas System Board of Regents named current Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson as the sole finalist to become the next president of the University of Texas at El Paso. In other words, she probably has the job, despite protests in some quarters. In some ways, this is unsurprising. Prior to entering […]
March 12, 2019
Academics
Columbus Technical College Soldier Surprise
Leaders at Columbus technical college organize a secret military mission to help an army soldier surprise his mother in class. Read More
March 8, 2019
Veterans
After a Military Career And ‘Stint in Vietnam,’ ETSU Faculty Member Finds Home on Campus
Doug Taylor, the associate dean of admissions and records at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, was born and raised in Morristown and came to ETSU as a student in the mid-1960s. Back then, he majored in “campusology,” which he said quickly led to a brief career in the Army’s infantry and “a […]
March 8, 2019
Policy
Killeen ISD Appoints New Chief College, Career And Military Readiness Officer
The Killeen Independent School District said in a press release it created the new position of chief college, career and military readiness officer, and superintendent John Craft appointed longtime Killeen ISD educator and U.S. army veteran Nancy Duran to the position. Duran will support the ISD’s counseling programs for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, dual […]
March 8, 2019
Veterans
DeSales University Opens Office of Veterans And Military Services
Student veterans at DeSales University have a new resource to help guide them through their college careers. The university opened an Office of Veterans and Military Services in Dooling Hall. The goal is to give student veterans a central point of contact on campus. Read More
March 8, 2019
Veterans
The Naval Academy’s Oldest Graduate Dies at 104
The Naval Academy’s oldest alumnus has died at the age of 104. Retired Rear Adm. Edgar Keats died of complications from a fall Saturday. Keats was a decorated World War II veteran who served in the Pacific theater. Read More
March 7, 2019
Funding
Students of Shuttered Virginia College Shouldn’t Have to Pay Debt: Doug Jones
The former students saddled with debt from a shuttered Birmingham-based, for-profit private college system should not have to pay their balances, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., said Wednesday in a letter sent to the school’s attorney. Education Corporation of America, which operated several Virginia College campuses in Alabama and other branded colleges in other parts […]
March 7, 2019
Policy
Military Academy Buried Trump’s Academic Records: WaPo
President Trump’s wealthy friends and fellow alumni of the New York Military Academy reportedly told the superintendent of the school to bury his academic records after he challenged Barack Obama to release his in 2011. The Washington Post reports the alumni told then-superintendent Jeffrey Coverdale to hand over Trump’s records, but Coverdale said he refused. Instead, he […]
March 7, 2019
Veterans
Sen. Martha McSally Coming Forward About Her Rape Could be a Watershed Moment For Republican Women
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ), a former Air Force pilot who was the first American woman to fly in combat, said that she was sexually assaulted while in the military during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. McSally said she was “preyed upon and raped by a superior officer” in a prepared statement during a Senate Armed […]
March 7, 2019
Policy
Mark A. Brown Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced the appointment of Mark A. Brown as chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid (FSA). Brown spent more than 32 years as a military service member and is a retired major general in the U.S. Air Force. Prior to his new role, Brown was the deputy commander […]
March 5, 2019
Academics
Citadel Yearbook Photo of Cadets in KKK Robes Creates Lifetime of Justifications, Regret
*The Disclaimer New bookmarks have been inserted into the old Sphinx yearbooks in The Citadel’s Daniel Library. This is what they say: “The Citadel yearbook The Sphinx, has depicted campus life since it was first published in 1900. Some of the images and language reflect racist and sexist stereotypes that are offensive. These items do […]
March 5, 2019
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