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Section: Other News
Other News
Settlement for Ex-ITT Students Moves Forward
Former students of the bankrupt ITT Technical Institute are one step closer to seeing some compensation. A judge gave preliminary approval Wednesday for former students of the collapsed chain of for-profit schools to receive a $1.5 billion settlement in bankruptcy court, according to the Harvard Law School Project on Predatory Student Lending, which has been […]
February 9, 2018
Policy
Military: A Grand Parade Won’t Solve Problems
President Trump is receiving quite a bit of pushback for his plan for a grand military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. The Washington Post’s Greg Jaffe and Philip Rucker reported: Surrounded by the military’s highest-ranking officials, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., Trump’s seemingly abstract desire […]
February 9, 2018
Other News
Air Force Dropping Re-Enlistment Bonuses in 17 Fields
Air Force cryptologic language analysts who specialize in Korean or Hebrew and who are eligible to re-enlist may want to submit their paperwork now. The same goes for airmen in more than a dozen Air Force career fields about to lose retention bonuses that can be as much as $90,000. The Air Force on Tuesday […]
February 9, 2018
Policy
House Bill Calls for More Transition Training
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want service members to get more training for civilian life before transitioning out of the military. Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives this week seeks to boost participation in specialized workshops offered through the Defense Department’s Transition Assistance Program, or TAP. The bill, introduced by Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., would […]
February 9, 2018
Academics
$14 M Scholarship for Military Offspring Ends Soon
A college scholarship program that will award a combined $1.4 million to hundreds of military children will stop taking applications Feb. 16 ― one of several such programs with approaching deadlines. Completed applications for the Scholarships for Military Children Program, which is conducted each year in partnership with the Defense Commissary Agency, must reach the […]
February 8, 2018
Veterans
Syracuse U. Gets $20 M Gift for Vets Center
Syracuse University, home to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), today announced a $20 million gift from U.S. Navy veteran and Life Trustee Daniel D’Aniello ’68 and his wife, Gayle. This gift, one of the single largest gifts in University history, will support construction of the National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC), a first-of-its-kind […]
February 8, 2018
Academics
Military Times Ranks Top Cybersecurity Programs
When Ben McInnis got out of the Marine Corps four years ago, he was looking for a career with job security, opportunities for growth and better pay than the $10 per hour he made washing cars. Then came news about the infamous Target data breach affecting millions of customers in 2013 and, a year later, […]
February 8, 2018
Academics
Public Demands Firing of Teacher for Anti-Military Rant
Military veterans, parents and students are demanding that a California high school teacher be fired after he told students that the U.S. Armed Forces are for the “lowest of the low.” Hundreds of people packed a school board meeting in Pico Rivera, a suburb of Los Angeles, on Tuesday night to call for the immediate […]
February 8, 2018
Policy
Texas Man Applied to Teach for ISIS
A Texas man wanting to join ISIS sent the terrorist organization his resume and cover letter explaining why he would be a good candidate to teach English. “I am looking to get a position teaching English to students in the Islamic State,” Warren Clark, 33, wrote in his cover letter, using the name Abu Muhammad […]
February 8, 2018
Academics
Air Forces Cuts Back on Transition Rules
Air Force Reservists will find it a little easier to meet some of their training requirements after the deployment. New Air Force policy cuts some transition assistance program (TAP) requirements for airmen in the Reserves. Reservists who were on orders for 180 days or more are required to go through TAP before being released into […]
February 8, 2018
Other News
Reports of Sexual Assault Double At West Point
WASHINGTON — The number of sexual assaults reported at the U.S. Military Academy roughly doubled during the last school year, according to data reviewed by The Associated Press, in the latest example of the armed forces’ persistent struggle to root out such misbehavior. It’s the fourth year in a row that sexual assault reports increased […]
February 8, 2018
Academics
ROTC Woman Earns Submarine Officer Post
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Misha Chalkley doesn’t think about the fact that when she graduates from Jacksonville University in April she will be the first woman from the school’s Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps to earn a post as a submarine warfare officer. She thinks about her future and the people she will lead within the […]
February 6, 2018
Academics
Educators Tour Gives Them a Look at Army
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — After Randi Hunewill participated in her first Army-sponsored tour several years ago, the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) official, who admits to knowing little about the military beforehand, now unabashedly declares she “drank the Kool-Aid.” Not only did she drink, but Hunewill helps other educators get a […]
February 6, 2018
Other News
Senator Offers Bill to Help Military Spouses Get Jobs
Military spouses were the stars of the show when Sen. Tim Kaine came to Suffolk on Friday to talk about new legislation. Kaine on Tuesday will introduce the Military Spouse Employment Act in the Senate, and during his time at Old Dominion University’s Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center in North Suffolk, he discussed the […]
February 6, 2018
Academics
Transition Advocate Helps Soldiers Get Financially Fit
Deployments, separation anxiety and credit card debt, are among the many challenges military families may face at some point during their careers. Its challenges like these that retired U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Dawsey says he faced during his 25 years of service in the military. Read More
February 6, 2018
Academics
Report: Millions Live in Higher Education “Deserts”
Despite the indelible image of some fresh-faced 18-year-old heading out of state for college, the truth is nearly 40 percent of students attend a school less than 50 miles from home. For students who work full time or have children — a growing segment of the college population — proximity to a physical campus or […]
February 6, 2018
Other News
“Gainful Employment” — What Does It Mean?
The Obama Administration’s “gainful employment” regulations are among the most contentious federal education regulations. Ever. For the last nine (!) years, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has been trying to define the term, and definition may determine whether a school is eligible to receive federal student aid for its programs under the Higher Education […]
February 6, 2018
Other News
Suit Accuses University of Stealing Aid
Brian Gravely, a former official of National American University, recently accused the for-profit school of essentially stealing millions of dollars from the federal student loan program. With the recent shut down of several for-profit “higher education institutions,” could National American University be next? In a federal lawsuit, Gravely, formerly the Legal Studies Director for the […]
February 6, 2018
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