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Section: Other News
Academics
MOOCs Find a New Audience on Campus
Colleges have been searching for new ways to make use of the massive open online courses they created ever since the fad died down several years ago. The latest idea: encourage residential students to take them—not for credit, but to fulfill prerequisites or just for personal enrichment. Read more
October 2, 2018
Policy
Immigration Policies Stall Pentagon’s Plan for Recruits
WASHINGTON — Stricter Trump administration immigration policies have stymied Pentagon plans to restart a program that allowed thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language skills to join the military and become American citizens, according to several U.S. officials. The decade-old program has been on hold since 2016 amid concerns that immigrant […]
October 2, 2018
Academics
East Tennessee Opens Center for Military-Affiliated Students
JOHNSON CITY, TN – Students who are veterans or the family of veterans have a new place to go on the ETSU campus. The Office of Veterans Affairs at East Tennessee State University dedicated their new Military-Affiliated Student Recourse Center (MARC) this morning. Formerly known as the Veterans Lounge since its opening in 2013, the […]
September 28, 2018
Academics
Non-Resident Training Courses, Rate Training Manuals Move to Navy e-Learning
PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) — Beginning Oct. 1, Sailors will access Navy Non-Resident Training Courses (NRTC) and Rate Training Manuals (RTM) exclusively through the Navy e-Learning (NeL) and My Navy Portal (MNP) websites. Used primarily to prepare for advancement exams or to expand life-cycle rating knowledge, 159 NRTC and RTM self-study packages previously available through the […]
September 28, 2018
Veterans
COOL: What Credentialing Opportunities Online Can Do
Need a credential? Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) has you covered. Each branch of the military has a COOL website, specific for that service. COOL is a credentialing awareness and information resource for all service members. Service members can get information about civilian licensure and certification, identify licenses and certifications relevant to military specialties, learn how […]
September 28, 2018
Academics
Program Gives College Credit for Military Experience
Texas State’s partnership with College Credit for Heroes is giving service members the ability to earn college credit for skills learned in the military. The program, created by the Texas legislature in 2011, accelerates the rate at which military members obtain their college degree, workforce certificate or licensing program. Texas State has offered the program […]
September 28, 2018
Other News
Survey: Military Spouses Less Likely to Vote than Troops
A new survey shows military spouses of active-duty troops are significantly less likely to participate in elections than their service members, possibly because they receive limited absentee voting outreach and education, experts said. The survey, conducted by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) with Syracuse University and the Democracy Fund, polled about 3,000 troops, […]
September 28, 2018
Academics
Year after Maria, Military Students Face Daily Struggles
Going to law school is hard. Going to law school after a devastating hurricane is a scale of magnitude harder. In the weeks and months after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico last year, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law and its tight-knit group of student veterans had to […]
September 28, 2018
Policy
Mattis: Jury Is Out on Success of Women in Combat
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is offering a dim view of females serving in infantry jobs, telling Virginia Military Institute students that the jury is out on whether women can succeed in combat. Mattis says there are too few women in the infantry ranks to provide enough data on how it’s going. He says […]
September 28, 2018
Academics
Army Report Blames Overconfidence for Training Accident
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A U.S. Army accident report suggests overconfidence was a factor when Vermont soldiers were hit by an avalanche during a training exercise. The Burlington Free Press reported that an instructor in the heavily redacted report said soldiers underestimated the overall avalanche risk and overestimated their ability to mitigate conditions. Six soldiers were […]
September 27, 2018
Academics
U.K. Partners With Military to Study Optimal Fitness
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky has been awarded a contract from the Defense Department to study physical and mental fitness. WKYT-TV reports UK President Eli Capilouto announced the $4 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and the Office of Naval Research. He said the research would focus on determining optimal fitness […]
September 27, 2018
Academics
Naval Academy Cybersecurity Receives Accreditation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy’s cyber operations program has been formally accredited. The academy said the program was accredited recently by ABET, a leading nonprofit accrediting agency. Three other universities also were accredited under the new cybersecurity criteria: the U.S. Air Force Academy, Towson University and Southeast Missouri State University. A cyber operations […]
September 27, 2018
Other News
Bill Would Support Creation of Campus Resource Centers
Veterans Resource Centers would be established via competitive federal grants made to public universities across the United States under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). “America’s veterans are a boundless source of national strength and economic potential, especially those who wish to further their education,” Rep. Bacon said. “This bill provides […]
September 27, 2018
Academics
Nontraditional Students Become the Norm
Nontraditional might be the new traditional for university students. According to a 2018 NPR article highlighting a research study, there has been a nation-wide increase in nontraditional student enrollment at universities. Nontraditional students at the University are increasing at a slow but steady pace and facing unique challenges in their campus and personal lives. According […]
September 27, 2018
Other News
Top DeVos Adviser Defends For-Profit Ties
TOP DEVOS ADVISER DEFENDS FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE WORK, OUTLINES REGULATORY PLANS: Diane Auer Jones, a top adviser to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, on Monday pushed back against criticism of her work on behalf of for-profit colleges, saying her record had been unfairly distorted by the press. Jones acknowledged that her appointment has been “controversial” but blasted […]
September 27, 2018
Veterans
Vietnam Vets Fund Scraps Plan to Build Museum
WASHINGTON—The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund announced Friday that it is ending its troubled project to build a $130 million underground Vietnam education center on the Mall. The proposed center, which would have been adjacent to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and near the Lincoln Memorial, had been plagued by funding problems almost since the project was […]
September 27, 2018
Veterans
3 V.A. Employees Accused of Fraud
Three people have been arrested on charges of trying to steer U.S. government contracts toward particular companies in exchange for either bribes or fraudulent “training fees.” The Denver U.S. Attorney’s office said they face charges including paying and receiving bribes, as well as conspiracy. Prosecutors say that these three men tried to manipulate two VA […]
September 25, 2018
Other News
For-Profit University Details Challenges to Investors
An annual financial document filed last week with the federal government by National American University shows the Rapid City-based for-profit college is in a fiscal downward spiral, dwindling from over 8,000 to 5,600 students in two years. According to its Securities and Exchange Commission annual report filed Sept. 13, NAU posted an operating loss of $11.5 […]
September 25, 2018
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