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Section: Other News
Academics
Changes Planned for College Scorecard
The U.S. Department of Education is planning to add a lot more data to its College Scorecard, the online database of information about two- and four-year colleges and universities. It has been heavily criticized for lacking information on the earnings and debt for college students. Users can look up individual institutions to find details on […]
October 9, 2018
Policy
Students Struggle as Glitch Holds Up GI Bill Payments
If Jane Wiley and her husband, Ryan Wiley, both discharged from the Marines, don’t receive the housing allowance they get through the GI Bill by Nov. 1, she expects that they will run out of money for food and rent. They will also have to stop attending school if they can’t afford child care for […]
October 9, 2018
Veterans
Comcast Launches Internet Service for Low-Income Vets
Comcast has launched an internet service program for low-income veterans across the United States. The initiative was announced Tuesday in Washington, D.C., with the help of Olympic idol Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Paralympic gold medalist Rico Roman, who is a Purple Heart recipient. Comcast – the parent company of NBCUniversal – is expanding its Internet Essentials […]
October 5, 2018
Veterans
DOD: How to Access Verification of Experience
The VMET (Verification of Military Experience and Training), or DD Form 2586, documents and verifies service member military experience and training. Therefore, it is useful when you are considering civilian occupations related to your military service, as well as in translating military terminology and training into civilian terms. The VMET form is available to all […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Job Fair at Fort Gordon Attracts 70-Plus Employers
FORT GORDON, GA – Georgia’s unemployment rate has steadily declined over the past year. A free hiring event at Fort Gordon aims to keep those numbers down. “This is really different. I actually have to decide what I’m going to wear every day,” said Col. Rodney Lightfoot, Army Colonel and the Deputy Commander for 7th […]
October 5, 2018
Policy
Marine Corps Sets Goal to Scrub Gender Bias from Documents
The most male-dominated military service in the Department of Defense has embarked on an ambitious initiative to strip unnecessary masculine pronouns and other indicators of gender bias out of its foundational publications within the next 24 months. The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Glenn Walters, told members of the Defense Advisory Committee on […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Lander U. Offers Discounted to Tuition to Active Military, Guard
According to College Consensus, a website that ranks universities, Lander University is the 15th best public college in the nation for veterans. Starting in 2019, veterans will find it more affordable as well. Beginning Nov. 1, incoming students who are members of the South Carolina National Guard, U.S. military, and their family members can apply […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Trump Donates Portion of Salary to SBA Program for Veterans
President Donald Trump has donated a portion of his annual salary to establish a new entrepreneurship program for military veterans, White House officials said Wednesday. The officials said Trump would donate his quarterly salary to the U.S. Small Business Administration, which will use the money to establish an “Emerging Leaders” program solely focused on helping […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Air Force Uses Virtual Reality to Cut Pilot Training Time, Cost
The U.S. Air Force trained and certified 13 pilots with virtual reality headsets in less than half the normal training time and at a fraction of the cost, according to Stephen Losey of Air Force Times. The service’s inaugural class of Pilot Training Next began in April with 30 students. After four months of training […]
October 5, 2018
Other News
Military Groups, Vets Urge Government to Keep Pressure on Fraud
Twenty-eight veterans groups and military service organizations have called on the Trump administration to scrap deregulation proposals that they said would limit oversight of “bad actor” schools preying on veterans using the GI Bill. In a letter last month to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the organizations urged her “to strengthen, not discard, common-sense protections against […]
October 4, 2018
Veterans
Military School Dean Fired Over Medical Use of Cannabis
A Vietnam veteran and career educator at an elite military training school now finds himself resorting to a Reagan-era executive order in hopes of clearing his name. Henry Cobbs’ crime? Vaping a non-psychoactive form of cannabis to treat his prostate cancer. Cobbs, 77, was forced out of his job last month as dean of academics […]
October 4, 2018
Other News
Woz U Learning Platform Under Fire
Woz U, the online learning platform endorsed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, is again under fire. In a new CBS report, one former employee (an “enrollment counselor” charged with signing people up for the program) says the program’s management has been pushing sales above all. In retrospect, he likens signing up for Woz U to […]
October 4, 2018
Academics
DeVos to Miss Deadline on Fraud Protections
WASHINGTON — The Education Department says it’ll miss a key deadline in its push to ease regulations for for-profit colleges. A rule being drafted by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is meant to lower protections for students swindled by their schools. So the delay, laid out in a court filing late Tuesday, is a victory for […]
October 4, 2018
Other News
DeVos Critics Say Sale of DeVry Raises Red Flags
WASHINGTON — A little-known venture capitalist is on the verge of acquiring one of the biggest for-profit colleges in the country, a transaction that would put him in control of a troubled national chain that’s more than 60 times the size of the tiny California school he owns. The business-friendly Trump administration has given a […]
October 4, 2018
Policy
House Panel Probes Problems with GI Bill Claims
POST-9/11 GI BILL PROCESSING PROBLEMS MOUNT: House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) says he’s hearing reports that some Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients’ monthly housing payments are being lost or delayed because of an IT-related processing issue. Read more
October 4, 2018
Veterans
Virginia Secretary Visits University Student Veterans
The Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni spoke to a group of VCU military veterans at Cabell Library Sept. 21. The event — organized by Military Student Services Director Stephen Ross — focused on what veterans go through when transitioning from their time in the armed forces back to civilian life. “This was a really […]
October 2, 2018
Academics
Course Gets Senior NCOs Ready for Post-Army Life
Twelve sergeants major and one spouse gathered for the second Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program’s Nominative Command Sergeants Major and Sergeants Major Course Sept. 17-21 at the Resiliency Center. The course, which was originally piloted in May with 16 sergeants major participating, is tailored to better fit the needs of senior noncommissioned officers […]
October 2, 2018
Policy
Transition Officer Selected for DOD Leadership Program
Miliani Jiménez, Ph.D., Research Psychologist, Transition to Veterans Program Office (TVPO), has been selected as a participant for the class of 2019 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP). ELDP supports the Department of Defense (DoD) civilian leader development continuum at the “lead people” level, and is designed to equip participants with the warfighter perspective. Jiménez designs, […]
October 2, 2018
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