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Section: Other News
Veterans
WKU’s Veterans Upward Bound program turns 25
When U.S. Army veteran Philip Parsons completed his service in 2010, he had no high school diploma and couldn’t see a way to a better future. That changed the day he saw a card for Western Kentucky University’s Veterans Upward Bound program while visiting an unemployment center. Now, after graduating in May with his master’s […]
August 22, 2017
Other News
College Expands Support for Veterans
YUCAIPA >> Veterans attending Crafton Hills College have a new site they can visit for help. The college campus held a grand opening Friday for its new Veterans Resource Center, which will be open five days a week. Carla Thornton, an Air Force veteran and a counselor at the center, said it “will provide a […]
August 22, 2017
Academics
Top Transition Official Visits Fort Hood
The top official for the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program visited Fort Hood last week. Walter Herd, director, Army Transition Division, SFL-TAP, met with Fort Hood leadership, Soldiers and Fort Hood SFL-TAP personnel to gain a better understanding on how the SFL-TAP program is run on the installation and the services the local […]
August 22, 2017
Academics
“Stand Down” Offers Resources
COLUMBUS — The 4th Annual South-Central, Indiana Stand Down will offer resources to veterans, service members, and military families of Decatur, Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings, Brown, Shelby, and Johnson, Counties on Thursday, Sept. 7. The 4th Annual Stand Down event is to honor, hire, and help our heroes and their families. Local providers will be at […]
August 22, 2017
Academics
New Movement: Mastery of Skills Trumps Grades, Transcripts
A movement of elite private schools throughout the country is attempting to revolutionize the college admission process. The Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC) is proposing to exclude names of courses and grades from transcripts and replace them with levels of mastery that identify performance concepts. In addition, the U.S. News & World Report (May 2017) reports […]
August 22, 2017
Other News
Settlement: Devry to Refund Students $2,800 Each
About 809 students will each get back $2,800 after a $2.5 million settlement with DeVry University, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced. The Attorney General’s investigation found that DeVry lured students with ads that exaggerated graduates’ success in finding employment and contained inadequately substantiated claims about graduates’ salary success, Schneiderman said. […]
August 22, 2017
Veterans
Custodian Returns as a Teacher
Lowell Outland was a custodian at Tates Creek High School for seven years, a high school dropout who dreamed of becoming a teacher. The 59-year-old Air Force veteran made it happen. On Wednesday, the start of the school year for Fayette County Public Schools, Outland stepped to the front of his classroom as the new […]
August 18, 2017
Veterans
What Today’s College Students Look Like
When most people think of a college student they likely imagine an 18- to 22-year-old coed bounding through the quad on the way to her dorm from a lecture hall. But these days, the typical college student actually looks more like Erin Jones. Jones, 37, is a veteran and single mom who drives to her […]
August 18, 2017
Academics
Degree-Completion Effort Launches Website
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi officials have launched a new website to encourage people to complete partially finished college degrees. Gov. Phil Bryant and higher education officials announced the site’s launch August 15. The Complete 2 Compete initiative is targeting more than 130,000 former students, including more than 30,000 who have enough credits to earn a […]
August 18, 2017
Other News
Coding Bootcamp Turns to New Funding Model
Once a hailed as a key to pushing more workers into the middle class, the coding boot camp industry is wrestling with its future following a spate of high-profile closures. Amid these challenges, one boot camp owned by a for-profit college chain is hoping to lure more students by allowing them finance their degrees by […]
August 18, 2017
Other News
School District Uses Veterans for Safety
JONESBORO – The Clayton County Public Schools Department of Safety and Security has assumed management and oversight responsibilities related to crossing guard assignments throughout the district. Approved as part of the fiscal year 2018 budget and effective July 1, the CCPS Department of Safety and Security will utilize Vets Securing America Inc. to ensure crosswalks […]
August 18, 2017
Veterans
Troops-to-Teachers: Finding Peace in the Classroom
Peace has eluded retired Air Force Maj. Jeff Shelton for the better part of two decades. Every time he parachuted into enemy territory, every time he held a dying friend in the back of a helicopter, every time he watched a child collapse from grave injuries, peace for Shelton seemed to slip farther and farther […]
August 18, 2017
Academics
Search for a Revolution in Military Education
It was the day after Suzy died. Congressman Ike Skelton’s dearly loved soulmate was gone, and Ike’s call to me that night was heart-rending. Our annual House Armed Services Committee battlefield staff ride was the next day so I assumed Ike was calling to cancel. After offering my condolences, I suggested that we might put […]
August 18, 2017
Veterans
Warrior-Scholar Project Smooths Transition
Veterans at three college campuses just finished a weeklong academic boot camp. The programs in Michigan, Texas and Massachusetts were the last of more than a dozen that took place this summer. At the Warrior Scholar Project, classes start at 8 a.m. on the campus of Amherst College for highly trained soldiers, sailors and Marines […]
August 17, 2017
Veterans
Internships Provide Professional Experience
Patricia Reily has excellent timing when it comes to helping Cal State San Marcos student veterans. For Jason Sneddon, it was chatting with Reily at an Operation Connect event. For Ankit Panchal, it was simply waking up from a nap at the right moment. In both cases, chance meetings with Reily led to internships through […]
August 17, 2017
Academics
3 Ways Technology Empowers Educators
Digital transformation is disrupting every industry, and education is no exception. Global investment in edtech companies is increasing rapidly, with some reports predicting a total of $252 billion in investments by 2020. Investors aren’t the only people recognizing the importance of technology for education. Educators and students are flocking to solutions that enhance their experience […]
August 17, 2017
Academics
Scholarship Supports LGBTQA Military and ROTC Students
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new endowment offered through the LGBTQA Student Resource Center, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, will support LGBTQ students and allies who are part of the U.S. military or enrolled or plan to enroll in a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program. Adam R. Henderson and Bruce C. Marshall […]
August 17, 2017
Other News
Alumnus: For-Profit Law School Closing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The alumni association president of a troubled, for-profit law school in North Carolina says it’s closing immediately. Lee Robertson Jr. says Charlotte School of Law employees were notified Monday. By Tuesday afternoon, the 11-year-old school’s website had been taken down. Local media report the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted […]
August 17, 2017
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