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‘I Don’t Understand People Who Trash-Talk America,’ Clinton Tells Veterans

Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton spoke at the VFW convention on Monday, July 25 at the Charlotte Convention Center. She told veterans that she deeply cared about problems affecting them and expressed her disappointment with the VA scandal. She also brought up the fact that her father was a veteran and that she has […]

July 29, 2016

UWF Military and Veterans Resource Center Adds Scholarships

The University of West Florida Military and Veterans Resource Center awarded scholarships to ten students at its fifth annual scholarship luncheon, held Thursday, July 21, 2016. The luncheon recognizes military veterans and dependents or family members of an active or retired military service member who are awarded the Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Michael Ferguson Scholarship, […]

July 29, 2016

USA Today: Clinton’s Costly College Plan

When not bashing Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton’s team has been trying to mend fences this week with Bernie Sanders’ backers. Team Clinton played up the progressive record of Clinton running-mate Tim Kaine and helped usher out Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as Democratic Party chairwoman. But in many ways, these actions are just window dressing. The […]

July 29, 2016

DOE to Cut Student Aid to For-Profit Medtech

The Education Department will cut off federal student financial aid July 31 to three for-profit medical education campuses, saying the schools exaggerated their job placement rates. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Education into Medtech Colleges, a for-profit medical institute that has campuses across the USA, found three campuses in Falls Church, Va., Silver […]

July 29, 2016

Bill (and Hillary) Clinton’s For-Profit College Problem

I’m against for-profit schooling. It’s possible for a school designed to make a profit to offer its students a quality education, but the lure of the almighty dollar makes the urge to recruit students who don’t have the qualifications to benefit from the school and to scrimp on staff and supplies, because every dollar you […]

July 29, 2016

Anne Holton, Kaine’s wife, Resigns as Virginia Education Secretary

Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine’s wife has resigned her post as Virginia’s education secretary — just as Kaine gets ready to formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for vice president. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Anne Holton’s resignation on Tuesday. In a statement, the governor hailed Holton as a “tireless advocate” for students and “an […]

July 29, 2016

Cybersecurity Education: Focusing on the Future

By William Reid, LCDR, USN (Ret), Program Director, Cybersecurity, Coleman University Coleman University proudly salutes the military, both current service members and veterans. As one of the Military-Friendly Schools® in the U.S., we are in the top 15% nationwide that delivers the best experience for military students. At Coleman, our mission is to deliver relevant […]

July 29, 2016

US Naval War College Gets New President

By Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — The U.S. Naval War College in Rhode Island is welcoming a new president. Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley became the college’s 56th president during a ceremony July 25 at the Newport campus. He succeeds Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe III. Harley previously served as assistant deputy chief of naval […]

July 29, 2016

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CHEA Workshop: More Transparency Needed in Accreditation Process

Washington — Accreditors need to make their actions more transparent and better define their roles and responsibilities as assurers of quality in order to gain the public trust. That was one of the major takeaways from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation 2016 Summer Workshop held here recently. While the goals of transparency and clarity […]

July 29, 2016

2 Schools Get Grants for Veterans’ Education

CINCINNATI — Union Institute and University in Cincinnati has been awarded a $150,000 grant from an anonymous foundation that aims to help veterans earn their college degrees. The grant will continue to fund living allowance stipends for honorably discharged, Pell Grant-eligible veterans working toward their bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees at the school. Geri Maples, […]

July 21, 2016

Police Shootings Pain Military Veterans

SAN DIEGO — Back-to-back attacks on police in Texas and Louisiana by former military men have touched a nerve among veterans who traditionally share a close bond with law enforcement. Veterans and active-duty troops started posting messages on social media almost immediately after the news broke that a masked ex-Marine had ambushed law enforcement along […]

July 21, 2016

Southern Miss Gets $3M Grant from DOD

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The University of Southern Mississippi has won a $3 million federal grant to develop three pilot programs to aid regions whose economic health is dependent on defense initiatives. The university said it was selected due to its expertise in economic development and the state’s dependence on Department of Defense spending. DOD spends […]

July 21, 2016

Murder-Suicide a Year Later: Understanding PTSD

YORK, Pa. — Sometimes, Emily Brown’s mind flashes back to July 2, 2015. When she hears firecrackers. Sees wood decks. Smells the aromas of a summer night. Brown was a customer at Flapjack’s Restaurant and Pub off U.S. Route 15 in Carroll Township that night, along with about 50 to 60 other people. It was […]

July 20, 2016

Rescued Horses Will Help Veterans with PTSD

NIANTIC, Conn. After losing sight in his right eye from a 2013 rocket attack in Afghanistan, retired U.S. Army Maj. Dan Thomas recovered with help from an equine therapy program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Hoping to help other veterans, he and his wife traveled from their home in Alabama to Connecticut recently […]

July 20, 2016

Morgan, Other Colleges Luring Dropouts to Return

BALTIMORE — Every weekday for a few years, Malik Mosley switched from a full-time worker to a full-time student at 8 a.m., when he finished his overnight shift at an Aberdeen warehouse and drove to class at Morgan State University. He managed that workload until a family member suffered an illness in 2013. Juggling school […]

July 20, 2016

Disgrace, End of Army Career Haunted Gunman

DALLAS — He was disarmed in the middle of a war zone and placed under 24-hour escort. The most humiliating part was that everyone in Micah Johnson’s unit in Afghanistan knew why: He was accused of stealing a female soldier’s panties. Johnson’s aspirations to a military career were over. Now he faced removal from the […]

July 20, 2016

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July 19, 2016